finish
To completeTo complete (something).
Recorded UK: Hauskalainen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Have you finished the work yet?
Hast du die Aufgabe schon erledigt? — quicksanddiver
Haben Sie die Aufgabe schon erledigt? — quicksanddiver
Ты уже закончил работу? — marafon
Вы уже закончили работу? — marafon
Ти вже закінчив роботу? — deniko
Ти вже закінчила роботу? — deniko
Ви вже закінчили роботу? — deniko
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Examples
5851 sentencesHave you finished the work yet?
Ти вже закінчив роботу? — deniko
ruТы уже закончил работу? — marafon
deHast du die Aufgabe schon erledigt? — quicksanddiver
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
Have you finished your homework already?
Ти вже доробив своє домашнє завдання? — deniko
deBist du mit deinen Hausaufgaben schon fertig? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
7 senses(transitive)To complete (something).
Be sure to finish your homework before you go to bed!
beenden
зака́нчиватьzakánčivatʹ, око́нчитьokónčitʹ, зако́нчитьzakónčitʹ
закі́нчуватиzakínčuvaty, закі́нчитиzakínčyty, кінча́тиkinčáty
(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
(transitive)To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
The furniture was finished in teak veneer.
fertigstellen
More meanings 4
(transitive)To put an end to; to destroy.
These rumours could finish your career.
(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.
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.
(intransitive)To reach orgasm.
Origin
From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of someFrom 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, finishedTenses
finish · finished · will finish · have finishedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- finish upzum Abschluss bringen, abschließenterminar, concluirfignolerportare a termine, concludereskończyć, kończyć(toplantıya, işe) son vermek, (toplantıyı, işi) bitirmekterminar, finalizarTo complete the last details of a task.
- finish offдокінчувати, докінчитипокончитьcabalear, remataracheverterminare, rifinirewykańczać, wykończyćacabar comTo finish completely.
- finish withTo put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally.
- finish outTo finish up, to complete, something previously started, particularly a time frame.
Synonyms
13 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Verb + -ing or verb + to — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- finished doing that
- be finished doing
- finished my homework
- finish the job
- finished his homework
- finish writing
- finished the work
- finished reading
- able to finish
- time to finish
- finish doing this
- need to finish
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.