finished

[fin-isht]

adjective

1. ended or completed.

2. completed or perfected in all details, as a product.

   to pack and ship finished items.

3. polished to the highest degree of excellence.

   a dazzling and finished piece of writing.

4. highly skilled or accomplished.

   a finished violinist.

5. condemned, doomed, or in the process of extinction.

   The aristocracy was finished after the revolution.

6. (of livestock) fattened and ready for market.

finished

/ ˈfɪnɪʃt /

adjective

1. perfected

2. (predicative) at the end of a task, activity, etc

   they were finished by four

3. (predicative) without further hope of success or continuation

   she was finished as a prima ballerina

Other Word Forms

• half-finished adjective
• well-finished adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of finished¹

First recorded in 1575–85; finish + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Anyone who wants to see more will have to wait until spring 2026, when the company plans to lift the hood on what the finished model will look like and cost.

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Decades after he finished the film, Mr. Fox found himself pulled in all over again by a TV broadcast one Christmas Eve.

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It proved to be the pivotal play in another Chargers defeat as Johnston finished the game without a single catch.

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And while Hurts finished the game with 280 passing yards, his highest total of the season, the offensive imbalance has tilted steeply in the opposite direction of past weeks.

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In a game that increasingly revolves around power, the past five champions have all finished within the top four in MLB in homers.

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• decided 
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• realized 
• resolved 
• satisfied 
• settled 
• stopped