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
Other Word Forms
- half-finished adjective
- well-finished adjective
Etymology
Origin of finished
Example Sentences
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The company’s software will coordinate machines and humans across the entire production process, from product design and manufacturability to finished goods coming off the line.
Neither of them finished last season with more than three victories.
Last October, I gave Joseph a copy of Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast,” which I’d just finished reading myself for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times
The Republican race was not decided on Tuesday, as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and US Senator John Cornyn, the incumbent, each finished with less than 50% of the overall vote.
From BBC
In that sense, the quiet room in Bole is not a finished product.
From BBC
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