What does finished mean?

Definitions for finished
ˈfɪn ɪʃtfin·ished

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. finishedadjective

    (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

    "a finished product"

  2. finishedadjective

    ended or brought to an end

    "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript"

  3. finishedadjective

    (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. finishedadjective

    having a surface coating or finish applied

    "the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones"

  5. finished, ruinedadjective

    brought to ruin

    "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"

Wiktionary

  1. finishedadjective

    Processed or perfected.

  2. finishedadjective

    Terminated; over; done for.

ChatGPT

  1. finished

    Finished refers to the state of completion or reaching the end of a task, project, process, or production. It often signifies that no more work or alteration is required, and the final result meets the standards or requirements. It can also apply to the final treatment, texture or appearance of a material or product.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Finished

    of Finish

  2. Finishedadjective

    polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'finished' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1581

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'finished' in Written Corpus Frequency: #559

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of finished in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of finished in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of finished in a Sentence

  1. Ben Stein:

    It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated...it is finished when it surrenders.

  2. Mary Belowsky:

    Nicholas was a wonderful son and he wasn't finished here. He had plans.

  3. Adriana Valdivia:

    Right now, we don't know what the future holds, raul is finished and Fidel is history.

  4. Cam Newton:

    I keep saying it: We're not finished.

  5. Yealimi Noh:

    It was my goal to be inside the top 10 for this week, and I'm really happy with how I finished.

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