Meaning

7 senses
  1. An end; the end of anything.

    Ende

    коне́цkonéc, фина́лfinál, оконча́ниеokončánije

    the temporal end; the concluding time

  2. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.

    The car's finish was so shiny and new.

    Lack

    лакlak, отде́лкаotdélka

  3. The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.

  4. A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.

    the act of finishing

  5. A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.

    event whose occurrence ends something

  6. (slang)The ending of a match and its structure.

  7. The stoppage or conclusion of a bout before the scheduled rounds expire, resulting in an immediate victory via knockout (KO), technical knockout (TKO), or submission.

    Oliveira holds multiple UFC records, notably the most submission wins in the organization's history at 17, most finishes at 21 and most bonuses at 21.

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

  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

  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

  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

  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

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
end:
protective coating:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
end:
protective coating:

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

plural: finishes
Singularfinish
Pluralfinishes

regular

Synonyms

25 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

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
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