A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
The position of champion, or winner.
Defense or support of some cause.
The final stage of any game.
The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such.