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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AMD shares finished the day at $615.52, translating to a market capitalization of $1 trillion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
It was more of the same when Harbaugh bolted to the Chargers—where he had finished his own career as a quarterback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The finished fiber measures less than half a millimeter across.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Tottenham finished 17th the last two seasons, their lowest two finishes since being in the second tier in 1977-78.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
It was late on the second day by the time he’d finished.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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