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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Example Sentences
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Like her partner, Holmes also hasn't seen the finished product, Fielder and Oppenheim said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Faced with an injury crisis, Jurgen Klopp relied heavily on academy players and his side finished the match with a team whose average age was under 22.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
That left Tanner Scott — last season’s purported closer — handling the bulk of the ninth-inning duties this season, and he finished with a career-high 25 saves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
I recently finished an ice cream in Copenhagen and found myself stumped at the trash bins, wrapper in hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
It was a glow that lingered long after the singing had finished.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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