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Definition: Finishing Touch |
Finishing TouchNoun1. A final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Finishing TouchSynonyms: capstone (n), copestone (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Completion | Noun: completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close; (end); terminus; (arrival); winding up; finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result; final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke; last finish, coup de grace; crowning of the edifice; coping-stone, keystone; missing link; superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Finishing Touch (1972) Her Finishing Touch (1917) The Finishing Touch (1916) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Molder puts the finishing touch to a sand mold, while the ship was providing tender services in May 1969, probably in Subic Bay, Philippines. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
finishing touch | 280 |
finishing touch trimmer | 60 |
finishing touch trimmer.com | 15 |
finishing touch personal hair remover | 6 |
finishing touch trimmers | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "finishing touch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | viimeistely (finishing, revision). (various references) | ||||
Italian | ritocco (touch up), rifinitura (finish). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 臥龍点睛 , "龍点睛 , "竜点睛 , "竜天睛 . (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | がりょうて"せい. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | inishingfay ouchtay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-g-h-h-i-i-i-n-n-o-s-t-u" | |
-4 letters: cushioning, cutinising, outfishing, outshining, suctioning, unhitching, unshifting. | |
-5 letters: chitinous, confusing, confuting, contusing, finishing, functions, ignitions, snitching. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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