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UK
/fˈɪnɪʃt/
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[ US /ˈfɪnɪʃt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɪnɪʃt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected
a finished violinist
a dazzling and finished piece of writing -
brought to ruin
after the revolution the aristocracy was finished
the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically -
having a surface coating or finish applied
the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones -
ended or brought to an end
gave me the finished manuscript
are you finished? -
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
a finished product
How To Use finished In A Sentence
- You can't help thinking that the promise of that final inspection adds a little extra sparkle to the finished product. Times, Sunday Times
- Said hi also to a few of the guys from Aereogramme after they'd finished up, but wasn't actually sure of who was there from Chemikal Underground or what they look like, so I was basically floating around and looking glaikit until Mags pointed out the Newsnight crew, and the nice interviewer man figured out who I was. Archive 2007-02-01
- 'If he _has not fulfilled_ his promise to write,' but 'If he _did not write_ as he undertook to do' ([Greek: _egrapsen huposchomenos_]); nor 'If he _has commenced and finished_,' but 'If he _commenced and finished_' ([Greek: _arxamenos sunetelese_]). A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays
- If a series is trying to get it dead right, then it is on the researcher's integrity that the quality of the finished work depends.
- The band finished with a few slow dances.
- Each door and drawer is individually finished by craftsmen to bring out the full beauty of the grain.
- Currently, the Italian-built Panthers are being finished off by BAE Systems, with the additional of a machine gun, radios and other accessories, when they will be delivered to the Army, effectively providing "battlefield limousines" for Ruperts – as officers are dismissively called – while troops are forced to patrol in dangerously vulnerable "Snatch" Land Rovers. Feeding the European fantasy
- the game was finished in regulation time
- She's obviously much more interested in the process than in the finished work.
- He said the long term vision of the ginnery is to establish a fully fledged textile industry, which will produce finished materials if the company started producing more lint than what the customers could take.
