adj
Meaning 1
Processed or perfected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
Examples
- He gave a very finished, but uninspired performance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
finished
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfɪnɪʃt/
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CMU ARPABET: F IH1 N IH0 SH T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Completed; concluded; done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: in the books, over
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Done for; doomed; used up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consumed, depleted, done up, effete, exhausted, expended, gone, finished, forworn, low, spent, used up, accursed, condemned, cursed, sunk, cussed, damned, dead meat, doomed, done, fey, ill-fated, lost, sentenced, undone
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of finish
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
ended or brought to an end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- are you finished?
- gave me the finished manuscript
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unfinished
adjective
Meaning 6
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a finished product
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unfinished
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
brought to ruin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- after the revolution the aristocracy was finished
- the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ruined
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
having a surface coating or finish applied
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a dazzling and finished piece of writing
- a finished violinist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: disoc'h — processed or perfected
- Bulgarian: завършен (zavǎršen) — processed or perfected
- Bulgarian: обработен (obraboten) — processed or perfected
- Czech: dokončený — processed or perfected
- Danish: færdig — processed or perfected
- Finnish: suoritettu — processed or perfected
- Finnish: valmis — processed or perfected
- French: fini — processed or perfected
- French: terminé — processed or perfected
- German: fertig — processed or perfected
- Hindi: पूरा (pūrā) — processed or perfected
- Hindi: समाप्त (samāpt) — processed or perfected
- Ingrian: valmis — processed or perfected
- Irish: slachtmhar — processed or perfected
- Japanese: 終わった (owatta) — processed or perfected
- Japanese: 完了した (kanryō shita) — processed or perfected
- Central Kurdish: تەواو (tewaw) — processed or perfected
- Latin: effectus — processed or perfected
- Latin: finitus — processed or perfected
- Latin: terminatus — processed or perfected
- Navajo: ałtso — processed or perfected
- Norwegian: ferdig — processed or perfected
- Plautdietsch: foadich — processed or perfected
- Polish: dopracowany — processed or perfected
- Portuguese: terminado — processed or perfected
- Portuguese: finalizado — processed or perfected
- Russian: зако́нченный (zakónčennyj) — processed or perfected
- Russian: завершённый (zaveršónnyj) — processed or perfected
- Spanish: terminado — processed or perfected
- Swedish: färdig — processed or perfected
- Urdu: پورا (pūrā) — processed or perfected
- Urdu: ختم (xatma) — processed or perfected
- Esperanto: fininta — completed; concluded; done
- Polish: gotowy — completed; concluded; done
- Polish: skończony — completed; concluded; done
- Polish: ukończony — completed; concluded; done
- Spanish: hecho — completed; concluded; done
- Spanish: listo — completed; concluded; done
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