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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Origin of finished
Example Sentences
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Chelsea finished with a net score of +6 decisions, but until the final few weeks of the season they were on +9.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The S&P 500 finished at 7,519.12 on Tuesday, according to FactSet, leaving it just 6.5% shy of its next major milestone.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Shares finished the day 0.8% lower ahead of the earnings, taking year-to-date declines to 24%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
He will know his productivity must improve after just seven goals and eight assists - and not one of those was against a side that finished in the top half of the league.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
By the time we were finished, there was a small hill of them, enough to last for only a few days.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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