Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To complete (something).

    Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!

    beenden

    зака́нчиватьzakánčivatʹ, око́нчитьokónčitʹ, зако́нчитьzakónčitʹ

    закі́нчуватиzakínčuvaty, закі́нчитиzakínčyty, кінча́тиkinčáty

  2. (transitive)To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).

    The furniture was finished in teak veneer.

    fertigstellen

  3. (transitive)To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.

    Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.

  4. (intransitive)To come to an end.

    We had to leave before the concert had finished.

    enden, aufhören

    зака́нчиватьсяzakánčivatʹsja, око́нчитьсяokónčitʹsja, зако́нчитьсяzakónčitʹsja

    come or bring to a finish or an end

  5. (transitive)To put an end to; to destroy.

    These rumours could finish your career.

  6. (intransitive)To reach orgasm.

  7. To stop an opponent and end a bout prematurely before the scheduled time limit expires, securing an immediate victory via knockout, technical knockout, or submission.

Examples

5869 sentences

  1. Have you finished the work yet?

    Ти вже закінчив роботу? — deniko

    ruТы уже закончил работу? — marafon

    deHast du die Aufgabe schon erledigt? — quicksanddiver

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  2. Have you finished reading the novel?

    Ти вже дочитав роман? — uaspeaker

    ruТы уже дочитал роман? — al_ex_an_der

    deHast du aufgehört, den Roman zu lesen? — Espi

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  3. I must finish this work first.

    Я повинен спочатку завершити цю роботу. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruЯ должен сначала закончить эту работу. — marafon

    deIch muss zuerst diese Arbeit beenden. — mayabe

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  4. I managed to finish the work.

    Мені вдалося закінчити роботу. — deniko

    ruМне удалось закончить работу. — al_ex_an_der

    deEs ist mir gelungen, die Arbeit zu beenden. — mayabe

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  5. I managed to finish the book.

    Я зміг дочитати книжку. — deniko

    ruМне удалось закончить книгу. — Alexword

    deIch konnte das Buch zu Ende lesen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to complete:
Русский
By meaning 2
to complete:
to come to an end:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to complete:
to apply a final treatment to:
to come to an end:

Origin

From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some

From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

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Forms

finishes, finishing, finished, finished
Base formfinish · to finish
3rd person singularfinishes
Present participlefinishing
Past simplefinished
Past participlefinished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfinish
he, she, itfinishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfinished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave finished
he, she, ithas finished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill finish

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

13 synonyms
see through
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
to complete:initiatebeginA1startA1

Word family

19 related words
Relatedfinisherfinishing
Derivedprefinishfinishablefinishing movefinishing schoolfinishing touchfinishmentfinish offfinish outfinish upfinish withlinishnonfinishingoutfinishrefinishself-finishedself-finishingunfinish

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • finished doing doing
  • be finished doing
  • to finish this
  • finished my homework
  • finish the job
  • finished his homework
  • finish writing
  • finished the work
  • finish writing the
  • finished reading
  • able to finish
  • time to finish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fingerprintfingertipfinickyfinitefirfireA1
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