Finished

Definition: Finished

Finished

Adjective

1. (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product".

2. Ended or brought to an end; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript"; "the manuscript is finished"; "almost finished with his studies".

3. (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected; "a dazzling and finished piece of writing"; "a finished violinist"; ".

4. Having a surface coating or finish applied; "the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones".

5. Brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "finished" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Multilingual Slang

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Tips from 1870

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Finished

Deterioration

Decayed; Verb: moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved; (vicious); decrepid, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat, out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work; (useless).

Greatness

Absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished.

Perfection

Adjective: perfect, faultless; indefective, indeficient, indefectible; immaculate, spotless, impeccable; free from imperfection; unblemished, uninjured; sound, sound as a roach; in perfect condition; scathless, intact, harmless; seaworthy; (safe); right as a trivet; in seipso totus teres atque rotundus; consummate; (complete); finished.

Skill

Experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished.

Symmetry

Adjective: symmetrical, shapely, well set, finished; beautiful; classic, chaste, severe.

Crosswords: Finished

Whining coward of a vampire that prowls the night killing rats and poodles; you could have finished us both (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Umm I wasn't finished. Did it sound like I was finished (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford)

I wasn't finished. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

I haven't finished my examination yet. Sit down (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

There was a lot of kissing and hugging and a lot of rubbing, and I kind of finished before I was supposed to. You have to be a guy to understand that (The Other Sister; writing credit: Alexandra Rose; Blair Richwood)

I finished crying in the instant that you left (It's all coming back to me now; performing artist: Celine Dion)

When the devil finished ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"; performing artist: Charlie Daniels Band)

Drop that ass when I'm finished (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo)

And when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window, (The Gambler; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

He ain't finished, uh-uh, that's bull ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

A Finished Actor (1927)

Finished (1923)

A Finished Product (1917)

Others Started But Sophie Finished (1915)

Finished (1997)

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References

• Home Textiles and Finished Products in Germany: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

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Books

• "The Script is Finished, Now What Do I Do?" 3rd Edition: The Scriptwriter's Resource Book and Agent Guide (reference)

• Creams, Confections, and Finished Desserts (French Professional Pastry Series , Vol 2) (reference)

• Pine Needle Basketry: From Forest to Finished Project (reference)

• Residential Land Development Practices: A Textbook on Developing Land into Finished Lots (reference)

• Structuring Your Novel: From Basic Idea to Finished Manuscript (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Finished (reference)

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Music

• Emergency Ward / It Is Finished / Black Gold [IMPORT] (reference)

• It Is Finished (Nina Simone 1974) [IMPORT] (reference)

• It is finished,It is done (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Bush 36" Cherry Finished Stand (VS47536) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Finished observations - built signal - going home Off ship SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The finished tower - note guard in lower left of tower Party off the MARINDUQUE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Ship has finished deploying net which is still attached by a cable. Prior to net closing, the small boat in photo makes noise to keep tuna herded into net. Credit: Fisheries.

A NOAA film crew documented the restoration work. The finished educational video won an award at the Houston World Fest Film Festival. The video outlined the restoration work and showcased the value of the Bay's marine resources. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Finished bow viewing chamber on the Fish and Wildlife Service Ship CHARLES H. GILBERT. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN - the finished product. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Dallie Short a quilter with Cabin Creek Quilts in Charlestion, WVA., inspects a finished quilt. Credit: USDA.

Golden Eagle scavenging on a dead rabbit with other birds waiting until he is finished eating. Scientific name: Aquila chrysaetos. Family: Accipitridae. Credit: Brad Keller.

"BLM employee Chuck Vostal with volunteers Triston and Reid Center showing off their finished bird box". Credit: Saundra Miles.

Front (east) portico. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, November 1959. (Reproduction Number: HABS, VT, 14-WOOD,1-4) Job Lyman, a young lawyer from Northampton, Massachusetts, finished this house in the village of Woodstock in 1810. He and his bride, Mary Hall, lived in it for many years while Job practiced law in town. The finely carved Neoclassical detailing on the entrance porch suggests Lyman's refined taste and the prosperity of Woodstock at the time of construction. Decorated with fluted Ionic columns and scrolled ornament, the porch also features steps made of granite from a nearby quarry. Credit: Library of Congress.

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All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. (reference)

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She was then obliged to be finished, and make her appearance

So she set to work, and very soon finished off the cake

Madame Magloire had just finished placing the plates

They drove in a jingle across Cork while it was still early morning and Stephen finished his sleep in a bedroom of the Victoria Hotel

Before Ma had finished with the plates they were back, silent and wolfish

When I had finished my work, I desired the Emperor to let a troop of his best horse, twentyfour in number, come and exercise upon this plain

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Health

This trial has finished and data are being analyzed. (references)

Take notes from the tape after the visit is finished. (references)

Once started, the antibiotic should be taken until it is finished. (references)

Business

Finished goods generally comprise the ready-for-sale inventory. (references)

The example shows the case of finished goods imported for re-sale by a company. (references)

If finished stock is being imported, it represents a tiny portion of a small market. (references)

Children

Burma

According to the latest available statistics, government expenditures for all civilian education were equivalent to less than 1 percent of recorded gross domestic product during the year and have declined by more than 70 percent in real terms since 1990. According to government studies conducted with U.N. assistance, only 37 percent of children finished fourth grade in urban areas and only 22 percent did so in rural areas. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

He was forced to sit in a patrol car until the incident was finished. (references)

India

In October 2000, the Supreme Court ruled that construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River in Gujarat could begin immediately, reaching a height of 90 meters, and could proceed in stages thereafter up to a finished height of 138 meters. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

U.S. exports are more diversified and include a variety of finished goods. (references)

Latvia

Tax reduction shall be applied in the year when the investments are finished. (references)

Latvia

By 1989, 60% of the adult populace had finished high school, and 12% had completed college. (references)

Human Rights

Romania

An average case takes 41/2 years before it is finished. (references)

Haiti

After the demonstration finished, a member of the mayor's security force fired at an opposition member who was walking by the mayor's office. (references)

East Timor

The separate juvenile block has been finished; however, the block was used to house international inmates and several mentally ill prisoners. (references)

Political Economy

THAILAND

In some cases, tariffs on unfinished products are higher than on related finished products. (references)

HONDURAS

Extra-regional tariffs for intermediate goods have been reduced to 10 percent, while tariffs on finished goods have been reduced to 15 percent. (references)

MALAYSIA

The budget also harmonized the import duties on selected intermediate and finished goods in order to avoid anomalies and to reduce the cost of doing business. (references)

Political Rights

Angola

MPLA president Jose Edardo Dos Santos won a plurality of votes cast in the presidential election (49 percent), and UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi finished second (40 percent). (references)

Trade

Nicaragua

Some finished goods will continue to be accessed a ATP of five percent. (references)

Taiwan

Customs duties must be paid if the finished product is sold domestically. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

Even if dining alone with one business contact, expect to order multiple courses and do not expect the lunch to be finished in less than two hours. (references)

Chad

A recently finished paved road connecting N'Djamena and Kelo in the south, has dramatically improved road links between the capital and the southern agricultural zone. (references)

Saudi Arabia

One to three cups of Saudi coffee should be taken for politeness, after which the cup should be wiggled between thumb and forefinger when returning it to the server to indicate that you have finished. (references)

Worker Rights

Honduras

An employer who legally hires a 15-year-old must certify that the child has finished, or is finishing, his compulsory schooling. (references)

Brazil

Young women who fall prey to trafficking schemes are typically between 18 and 27 years old, come from low-income families, and usually have not finished high school. (references)

Chile

The law allows 15-year-olds to work under certain conditions; their parents must consent, they must have finished compulsory schooling, and they may only perform light work not requiring hard physical labor, or constituting a threat to health and childhood development. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Finished

Expressions using "finished": be finished ♦ finished and done with ♦ finished goods ♦ finished humus ♦ Finished work ♦ get smth. finished ♦ have finished smth. ♦ he finished it first ♦ partly finished goods ♦ pigment finished. Additional references.

Beginning with "finished": finished-goods.

Ending with "finished": oil-finished, well-finished.

Containing "finished": semi-finished product.

Afrikaans

bereid (ready, through), klaar (already, by now, ready, through, yet), gereed (ready, through). (various references)

Albanian

i përfunduar (complete, done, total, ultimate), i mbyllur (barred, cagey, cagy, close, closed, confined, enclosed, glued, laid up, landlocked, locked, made, pent up, reserved, sealed, self contained, shut, shut in, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, unconversable, unsociable, unsocial, withdrawn), i mbaruar (arrant, done, haggard, out of hand, past, perfect, proper), i kryer (done). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كامل (absolute, all out, complete, completed, concluded, consummate, entire, essential, finalized, full, full blown, full scale, integral, integrate, out and out, outright, perfect, plenary, plumb, rounded off, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unqualified, utter, whole), ‏مكمل (complementary), ‏منتهي (concluded, exhaustible, terminated), ‏منجز (accomplished, achieved, carried out, completed, done, executed, executor, implementer), ‏متمم (accomplished, complemented, complete, concluded, consummated). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвършен (consummate, full, ideal, indefectible, masterly, out and out, outright, perfect, right-down, spheral, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, transcendent, unexceptionable, very), оформен (formed), завършен (buttoned up, complete, perfect, well-rounded). (various references)

Chinese 

訖 , 畢 (complete, full, the whole of, to complete, to finish), 盡 (exhausted, to end, to exhaust, to finish, to the limit, to the utmost, to use up), 得 (a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect, allow, contented, degree or possibility, gain, get, must, obtain, ought to, permit, proper, proud, ready, suitable, to have to, to need to), 完成 (Accomplish, Accomplishing, Completed, Completing, Completion, Effectuate, Effectuated, Effectuating, finalise, finalize, finalized, finalizing). (various references)

Czech

vyèerpaný (bushed, effete, exhausted, fatigued, gone, impoverished, spent, stale, washed out, worn out), odbytý (tacky), namydlený, hotový (accomplished, complete, done, oft-shelf, prepared, ready, ready made, regular, veritable). (various references)

Danish

færdig (ready, through). (various references)

Dutch

klaar (bright, clear, clearly, completed, distinct, done, light, obvious, over, plain, ready, through), beëindigd (completed, done, over, through), afgewerkt (completed, done, over, through, used), afgelopen (completed, done, last, over, ready, through). (various references)

Esperanto

finita (completed, done, over, through), preta (ready, through). (various references)

Faeroese

til reiðar (ready, through), liðugur (ready, through). (various references)

Finnish

valmis (completed, prepared, ready, through). (various references)

French

fini (finish, finite), réalisé, prêt FAIT, prêt (fit), achevé d'imprimer, accompli (fine). (various references)

Frisian

ree (cash, in cash, ready, through), dien (completed, done, over, ready, through). (various references)

German

fertig (all in, completed, done, done in, mature, over, qualified, readily, ready, ready made, set, shattered, through, thru), beendete (concluded, ended, finalized), beendet (cancels, completed, concludes, determines, ended, ends, finishes, past, termed, terminated, terminates, unquoted, unquotes), ausgespielt (played out). (various references)

Greek 

ώριμος (grown up, mature, ripe), γινομένος (mature), πεπερασμένοσ (finite), τέλειοσ (accomplished, arrant, complete, consummate, outright, perfect, precious, stark, straight out), τετελεσμένοσ (finite). (various references)

Hebrew 

גמור (absolute, complete, completion, concluded, conclusion, end, ended, entire, finish, finishing, out and out, outright, perfect, sheer, stark, termination, thorough, thoroughgoing, through, total, utter, very). (various references)

Hungarian

befejezett (complete, consummative, finite, ready), tökéletes (absolute, accomplished, beyond all praise, can be hardly improved on, complete, consummate, exquisite, impeccable, perfect, pukka, rank, regular, thorough, utter, very), kikészített, kidolgozott (beaten, prepared with meticulous care, wrought). (various references)

Icelandic

tillbúinn (ready, through), búin. (various references)

Indonesian

ludes (all gone (of money), kelar (done, in order, ready, settled), habis (at en end, done, gone, nothing left), goblek (done), gentas (pinched), beres (clean, in order, settled, tidy). (various references)

Irish

ullamh (ready, through, willing). (various references)

Italian

finito (accomplished, along, bygone, completed, done, finite, gone, kaput, out, over, through), pronto (alert, apt, fit, game, hallo, hello, hullo, inclined, Pat, prepared, prompt, quick, ready, ripe, set, speedy, through). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

出来上がり (be finished, cut out, made for, ready), 切ら無い (not finished, not through), 上げ畳 (a tatami finished on both sides), 仕上 (being finished, end, finishing touches), 仕上げ (being finished, end, finishing touches), 仕上がる (to be finished), 仕掛 (challenge, commencement, device, gadget, half finished, mechanism, scale, set up, trick), 仕掛け (challenge, commencement, device, gadget, half finished, mechanism, scale, set up, trick), 切らない (not finished, not through), 出来上がる (by definition, to be finished, to be ready, to be very drunk), 落成 (be completed, be finished), 休 (being absent, being finished, rest, retire, sleep, taking a day off), 休む (to be absent, to be finished, to have a break, to rest, to retire, to sleep, to take a day off), 済ませる (to be finished), 果てる (to be exhausted, to be finished, to die, to end, to perish), 加工品 (finished goods, processed goods), 精製品 (refined or finished goods), 製品 (finished goods, manufactured goods), 完成品 (finished product). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

できあがる (by definition, to be finished, to be ready, to be very drunk), やすむ (to be absent, to be finished, to have a break, to rest, to retire, to sleep, to take a day off), らくせい (be completed, be finished), あげだたみ (a tatami finished on both sides), かんせいひん (finished product), かこうひん (finished goods, priming materials, processed goods), はてる (to be exhausted, to be finished, to die, to end, to perish), せいひん (finished goods, guest of honor, honourable poverty, manufactured goods), すませる (to be finished), できあがり (be finished, cut out, made for, ready), きゅう (ball, being absent, being finished, ex-, gather, gift, globe, nine, rest, retire, sleep, sphere, steep, sudden, taking a day off, urgent, wage), きらない (not finished, not through), しあげ (being finished, end, finishing touches), しあがる (to be finished), しかけ (challenge, commencement, device, gadget, half finished, mechanism, scale, set up, trick), せいせいひん (refined or finished goods). (various references)

Korean 

끝나는. (various references)

Luganda

omaze (have you finished). (various references)

Malay

siap (ready, through). (various references)

Manx

jeant (complete, ended, fashioned, made, performed, practised, rendered, right down), ec kione (over), cooilleenit (performed, repaid, satisfied). (various references)

Norwegian

fullbrakt, ferdig (done). (various references)

Papiamen

kla (clear, distinct, obvious, plain, ready, through). (various references)

Pig Latin

inishedfay.(various references)

Polish

gotowy (ready, through). (various references)

Portuguese

terminado (completed, out, through, up), acabado (accomplished, crowned, done, out, thoroughgoing, thoroughpaced). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

acaba (it just finished). (various references)

Romanian

finisat, terminat (accomplished, all over, complete, done, kaput), pus la punct (dapper, jaunty, shipshape, spick and span), isprãvit, gata (game, i'm past it, minded, packed, prepared, prompt, ready, through), desãvârşit (absolute, accomplished, blank, complete, consummate, faultless, full-fledged, out and out, perfect, perfectly, pure, right-down, stark, thorough, thoroughpaced), absolut (absolute, absolutely, arbitrarily, be sure, blank, boundless, broad, categorical, categorically, coercive, complete, completely, dead, downright, emphatic, entire, essential, flat, inalienable, just, perfect, physically, positive, positively, precious, pure, sheer, simple, strict, sure, there's no doubt about it, thorough, thoroughly, total, unequivocal, unfailingly, unlimited, unmistakable, unmistakably, unqualified, unrestricted, utter). (various references)

Russian 

оконченный (over), законченный (accomplished, complete, consummate, crowned, perfect, thorough-paced), завершенный. (various references)

Scottish

ullamh (prepared, ready, through), deiseil (ready, southward, through). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

završen (complete), svršen (out, over, perfect), gotov (completed, officinal, over, prepared, prompt, ready, ready made, through). (various references)

Spanish

terminado (accomplished, all up, arrant, closed, completed, discontinued, done, landed, lost, over, ready, through, up), listo (able, all set, apt, brainy, clever, cute, fit, nimble, nippy, poised, prepared, quick-witted, ready, ripe, set, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, tap, through), acabado (all over, complete, completed, discontinued, done, finish, finishing, finishing off, landed, lost, off, over, played out, thorough, through, up). (various references)

Swahili

tayari (ready, through). (various references)

Swedish

färdig (complete, completed, done, earthy, fit, full-fledged, game, off-the-shelf, on the point of, prepared, ready, set, sound, through, worn out), slut (at an end, close, closure, colophon, come off, conclusion, demise, disposed of, done in, done up, end, ending, exhausted, expiry, finish, gone, heel, net, out, over, tail, termination, upshot, washed up, wind up). (various references)

Turkish

tamamlanmış (complete), tamam (according to hoyle, agreed, all right, alright, complete, done, exactly, it's a deal, mature, o.k., ok, okay, precisely, righto, rightoh, roger, yeah), tükenmiş (at an end, distressed, drained, drawn, exhausted, extinct, played out, run down, stale, used up), sona ermiş (at an end, over), mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, excellent, famous, famously, faultless, fine, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), işlenmiş (cultivated, refined, worked, wrought), hazır (agreeable, at hand, available, content, cut and dried, disposed, forthcoming, forward, game, go, handy, in the mood for, in train, officinal, on, on hand, on one's mettle, on tap, operational, prepared, present, prompt, quick, reach-me-down, ready, ready made, readymade, ripe, snappy, stand by, up for, willing), cilalı (glazed, polished), bitmiş (all over, all up, at an end, exhausted, out, over, run down, spent, used up), alesta (ready, through). (various references)

Turkmen 

wepat (dead). (various references)

Ukrainian

готовий (game, game for smth., hand-me-down, minded, officinal, prepared, provided, reach-me-down, ready, ready made, ready to wear, ready-cooked, ready-for-service, ripe, willing), оброблений (cultivated, processed, tilled), закінчений (closed, complete, ended, perfect, thorough). (various references)

Vietnamese 

hết (all), đã xong đã hoàn hảo, đã kết thúc, đã hoàn thành (accomplished), đã hoàn chỉnh, đã được sang sửa lần cuối cùng. (various references)

Welsh

parod (apt, prepared, prompt, ready, through). (various references)

Xhosa

ugqibile (You finished). (various references)

perfectus, polymitarii, polymitario, polymitarius, rotunda, rotunditas, rotundum, tornatiles, tornatilis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "finished": refinished, semifinished, unfinished. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Finished" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fanished, Fanshel, Fenichel, fiished, Finisham, finishon, flnished, Fynsshid. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fiendish.

-2 letters: fiends, finish, fished, indies, inside, shined.

-3 letters: defis, dines, fends, fiend, finds, fined, fines, finis, hides, hinds, indie, neifs, nides, nisei, shend, shied, shine, snide.

-4 letters: defi, deni, dens, dies, dine, dins, dish, edhs, ends, feds, fehs, fend, fens, fids, find, fine, fins, fish, hens, hide, hied, hies, hind, hins, hisn, ides, neif.

+2 letters: fiendishly, friendship, refinished, unfinished.

+3 letters: blindfishes, friendships.

+4 letters: disfranchise, disfurnished, disfurnishes, fiendishness, semifinished.

+5 letters: disfranchised, disfranchises, dolphinfishes.