Usually means: Purpose for which something exists.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word final cause:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. final cause: Merriam-Webster
  2. final cause: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. final cause: Collins English Dictionary
  4. final cause: Vocabulary.com
  5. final cause: Wordnik
  6. final cause: Wiktionary
  7. Final cause, final cause: Dictionary.com
  8. Final cause: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. final cause: FreeDictionary.org
  10. final cause: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. final cause: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. final cause: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cause, final: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (final cause)

noun:  (philosophy, natural science) The purpose, goal, or end fulfilled by a thing.

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