finished

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnɪʃt/

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Adjective

finished (comparative more finished, superlative most finished)

1. (comparable) Processed or perfected.

   He gave a very finished, but uninspired performance.

2. Completed; concluded; done.

   Synonyms: in the books, over; see also Thesaurus:finished

   I won't be finished until just before lunch.

   The program was finally finished after three hours.

   He wasn't finished cleaning up until nearly noon.

   He wasn't quite finished with his assignment.

3. (informal, idiomatic) Done for; doomed; used up.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:depleted, Thesaurus:doomed

Antonyms

• half-finished
• unfinished

Derived terms

• finished article
• finished goods
• finished product
• high-finished
• self-finished
• semifinished
• semi-finished

Translations

processed or perfected

• Breton: disoc'h (br)
• Bulgarian: завършен (bg) (zavǎršen), обработен (bg) (obraboten)
• Czech: dokončený (cs) m
• Danish: færdig
• Finnish: suoritettu (fi), valmis (fi)
• French: fini (fr), terminé (fr)
• German: fertig (de)
• Hindi: पूरा (hi) (pūrā), समाप्त (hi) (samāpt)
• Ingrian: valmis
• Irish: slachtmhar
• Japanese: 終わった (ja) (owatta), 完了した (ja) (kanryō shita)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تەواو (tewaw)

• Latin: effectus, finitus (la), terminatus (la)
• Navajo: ałtso
• Norwegian: ferdig
• Plautdietsch: foadich
• Portuguese: terminado (pt), finalizado (pt)
• Russian: зако́нченный (ru) (zakónčennyj), завершённый (ru) (zaveršónnyj)
• Spanish: terminado (es)
• Swedish: färdig (sv)
• Urdu: پورا (pūrā), ختم (xatma)

completed; concluded; done

• Esperanto: fininta

Verb

finished

1. simple past and past participle of finish

   He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.

Anagrams

• fiendish