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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “ITS” VS. “IT’S”!
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Question 1 of 12
On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
Origin of finish
1300–50; Middle English finisshen<Anglo-French, Middle French finiss-, long stem of finir<Latin fīnīre to end. See fine1
synonym study for finish
13. See end1.
OTHER WORDS FROM finish
fin·ish·er, nounnon·fin·ish·ing, adjective, nounpre·fin·ish, verb (used with object), nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH finish
Finnish, finishWords nearby finish
finick, finicky, fining, finis, finis coronat opus, finish, finished, finisher, finisher card, finishing, finishing nail
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British Dictionary definitions for finish
finish
/ (ˈfɪnɪʃ) /
verb (mainly tr)
noun
Word Origin for finish
C14: from Old French finir, from Latin fīnīre see fine 1
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Idioms and Phrases with finish
finish
see from soup to nuts (start to finish); in at the death (finish).
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