finished
ended or completed.
completed or perfected in all details, as a product: to pack and ship finished items.
polished to the highest degree of excellence: a dazzling and finished piece of writing.
highly skilled or accomplished: a finished violinist.
condemned, doomed, or in the process of extinction: The aristocracy was finished after the revolution.
(of livestock) fattened and ready for market.
Origin of finished
1Other words from finished
- half-finished, adjective
- well-finished, adjective
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How to use finished in a sentence
In the meanwhile, I'm working up the notes I spoke from into a more finished form which I'll post here in the next days.
The more it has been made the subject of illustration and imagery, the more finished and ornate have been the comminations in use.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanLearning comes easy in such a school as Mooseheart, and many of the boys go out with two or more finished trades.
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisOne of her professors said that he had never heard more finished recitations than hers.
The Education of American Girls | Anna Callender BrackettA contemporary, but more finished form; the sharp furrows becoming softer, and the whole leaf more flexible.
The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) | John Ruskin
It is much more finished than I wished, and shall be sent to Kensington as soon as Mrs. Ryder has taken a slight sketch of it.
Private Papers of William Wilberforce | William Wilberforce
British Dictionary definitions for finished
/ (ˈfɪnɪʃt) /
perfected
(predicative) at the end of a task, activity, etc: they were finished by four
(predicative) without further hope of success or continuation: she was finished as a prima ballerina
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