finished
Americanadjective
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ended or completed.
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completed or perfected in all details, as a product.
to pack and ship finished items.
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polished to the highest degree of excellence.
a dazzling and finished piece of writing.
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highly skilled or accomplished.
a finished violinist.
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condemned, doomed, or in the process of extinction.
The aristocracy was finished after the revolution.
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(of livestock) fattened and ready for market.
adjective
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perfected
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(predicative) at the end of a task, activity, etc
they were finished by four
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(predicative) without further hope of success or continuation
she was finished as a prima ballerina
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The finished connectome shows how each neuron connects with other neurons in the brain and nerve cord at the level of individual synapses.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Based in Brooklyn, Delgado Lopera says he’s just finished teaching for the year as an assistant professor of creative writing and contemporary Latine literature at the City University of New York.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Coe assembled a group of eight to craft it, so the finished prayer would be inclusive enough to be universally unifying.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
U.S. stocks finished mostly higher on Monday as technology stocks bounced back from Friday’s selloff.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
A clatter of hooves and wagon wheels drawing up to the side of the house snapped her attention back to my laundry, and she finished transferring it into her basket.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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