What is the meaning of finished?

verb

  • Come or bring to a finish or an end.
    • usage: "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
  • Finally be or do something.
    • usage: "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
  • Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
    • usage: "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
  • Provide with a finish.
    • usage: "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly"
  • Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.
    • usage: "She polished off the remaining potatoes"
  • Cause to finish a relationship with somebody.
    • usage: "That finished me with Mary"

adjective

  • Of materials or goods. ( brought to the desired final state)
    • usage: "a finished product"
  • Ended or brought to an end.
    • usage: "are you finished"; "gave me the finished manuscript"
  • Of skills or the products of skills. ( brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected)
    • usage: "a dazzling and finished piece of writing"; "a finished violinist"
  • Having a surface coating or finish applied.
    • usage: "the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones"
  • Brought to ruin.
    • usage: "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"
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APAWordNet. (2010). finished. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/finished/definitions/1174140
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "finished" http://smartdefine.org/finished/definitions/1174140 (accessed September 21, 2026).
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MLAWordNet. "finished" 23 October 2010. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/finished/definitions/1174140>
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