Meaning of "finish" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FINISH

From Old French finir, from Latin fīnīre see fine1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FINISH

finish  [ˈfɪnɪʃ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FINISH

Finish is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb finish in English.

WHAT DOES FINISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Finish

Finish refer to: ▪ Finishing in the distillation of Scotch ▪ Finished good, a good that is completed as to manufacturing but not yet sold or distributed to the end-user ▪ Surface finishing, various industrial processes for modifying a workpiece's surface ▪ Mechanical finish, processes that modify a surface using mechanical means ▪ Wood finishing, the process of embellishing and/or protecting the surface of wooden objects ▪ Eli Finish, Israeli comedian ▪ Finish, a dishwasher detergent made by Reckitt Benckiser...

Definition of finish in the English dictionary

The first definition of finish in the dictionary is to bring to an end; complete, conclude, or stop. Other definition of finish is sometimes foll by up to be at or come to the end; use up. Finish is also to bring to a desired or complete condition.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FINISH

PRESENT

Present

I finish

you finish

he/she/it finishes

we finish

you finish

they finish

Present continuous

I am finishing

you are finishing

he/she/it is finishing

we are finishing

you are finishing

they are finishing

Present perfect

I have finished

you have finished

he/she/it has finished

we have finished

you have finished

they have finished

Present perfect continuous

I have been finishing

you have been finishing

he/she/it has been finishing

we have been finishing

you have been finishing

they have been finishing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I finished

you finished

he/she/it finished

we finished

you finished

they finished

Past continuous

I was finishing

you were finishing

he/she/it was finishing

we were finishing

you were finishing

they were finishing

Past perfect

I had finished

you had finished

he/she/it had finished

we had finished

you had finished

they had finished

Past perfect continuous

I had been finishing

you had been finishing

he/she/it had been finishing

we had been finishing

you had been finishing

they had been finishing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will finish

you will finish

he/she/it will finish

we will finish

you will finish

they will finish

Future continuous

I will be finishing

you will be finishing

he/she/it will be finishing

we will be finishing

you will be finishing

they will be finishing

Future perfect

I will have finished

you will have finished

he/she/it will have finished

we will have finished

you will have finished

they will have finished

Future perfect continuous

I will have been finishing

you will have been finishing

he/she/it will have been finishing

we will have been finishing

you will have been finishing

they will have been finishing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would finish

you would finish

he/she/it would finish

we would finish

you would finish

they would finish

Conditional continuous

I would be finishing

you would be finishing

he/she/it would be finishing

we would be finishing

you would be finishing

they would be finishing

Conditional perfect

I would have finish

you would have finish

he/she/it would have finish

we would have finish

you would have finish

they would have finish

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been finishing

you would have been finishing

he/she/it would have been finishing

we would have been finishing

you would have been finishing

they would have been finishing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you finish
we let´s finish
you finish

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to finish

Past participle

finished

Present Participle

finishing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FINISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «finish» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of finish

accomplish · achieve · annihilate · annihilation · appearance · bankruptcy · best · blow away · bring down · bump off · butcher · carry through · cease · cessation · close · closing · coat · complete · completion · conclude · conclusion · consume · culminate · culmination · cultivation · culture · curtains · deal with · death · defeat · denouement · deplete · destroy · devour · discharge · dispatch · do · do away with · do in · drain · drink · drive to the wall · eat · elaborate · elaboration · empty · end · ending · eradicate · execute · exhaust · expend · exterminate · face · finale · finalization · finalize · fulfil · get rid of · get through · gild · glaze · grain · kill · knock off · lacquer · leave · liquidation · lustre · make short work of · massacre · murder · neck · overcome · overpower · pack in · patina · perfect · perfection · polish · polish off · put paid to · quit · refine · refinement · round off · rout · ruin · run-in · settle · shine · slaughter · slay · smoothness · sophistication · spend · stain · stop · surface · take out · terminate · termination · texture · use · use up · varnish · veneer · wax · wind up · wind-up · worst · wrap up

TRANSLATION OF FINISH

Find out the translation of finish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of finish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «finish» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 完成
• Translator English - Spanish: final
• English: finish
• Translator English - Hindi: खत्म
• Translator English - Arabic: نِهَايَة
• Translator English - Russian: конец
• Translator English - Portuguese: término
• Translator English - Bengali: শেষ
• Translator English - French: arrivée
• Translator English - Malay: Selesai
• Translator English - German: Ende
• Translator English - Japanese: 終わり
• Translator English - Korean: 끝
• Translator English - Javanese: Rampung
• Translator English - Vietnamese: phần kết thúc
• Translator English - Tamil: பூச்சு
• Translator English - Marathi: समाप्त
• Translator English - Turkish: bitiş
• Translator English - Italian: rifinitura
• Translator English - Polish: koniec
• Translator English - Ukrainian: кінець
• Translator English - Romanian: sfârșit
• Translator English - Greek: τέρμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: afwerking
• Translator English - Swedish: slutspurt
• Translator English - Norwegian: avslutning

10 QUOTES WITH «FINISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word finish.

1

Chris Abani

It takes me forever to actually finish something like a ten-page essay. But, when I do, I usually love what they are. It's a complicated relationship.

2

George Matthew Adams

No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.

3

Steven Adler

The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N' Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them.

4

Fernando Alonso

I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself.

5

Kim Basinger

It always takes the truth a little bit longer to cross the finish line.

6

Antony Beevor

When I was younger I used to get my best writing done at night, but now it has to be during the day. I usually finish work at half past seven, then go back to the house to open a bottle of wine, have dinner, and then read or watch television.

7

William Frederick Book

The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.

8

Jonathan Brown

If my training goes well and according to plan I feel that I am capable of a top 8 finish in Athens. It will be a very difficult and technical course which will be to my advantage.

9

Maggie Carey

The hardest thing about writing a script is you finish it, but it doesn't mean anything. It's not like a novel or short story - a script is meant to be made into a movie.

10

Georgina Chapman

I didn't finish my dress until about three days before my wedding - I had the flu and was stitching it from my bed. And the tulle came back from India all brown. We had to wash it for hours, but that didn't dissuade me from wearing it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINISH»

Discover the use of finish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to finish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Finish This Book

Your mission is to become the new author of this work. You will continue the research and provide the content. In order to complete the task, you will have to undergo some secret intelligence training, which I have included in this volume.

Keri Smith, 2011

The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden

A dramatic account of the hunt for and defeat of Osama bin Laden draws on unprecedented access to primary sources to trace how key decisions were made, revealing events from the perspectives of an adept President Obama and an increasingly ...

Mark Bowden, 2012

Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's ...

This groundbreaking book sheds light on such serious issues as dropout rates linked to race, gender, and socioeconomic status.

William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, Michael S. McPherson, 2009

Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your ...

Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures - most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them - often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not infrequently, ...

Howard S. Becker, 2010

Ironman Start to Finish: 24 Weeks to an Endurance Triathlon

The 24-week training program is laid out in four six-week increments. This represents the day-by-day, week-by-week work to be done in preparing for a successful Ironman.

Paul Huddle, Roch Frey, T. J. Murphy, 2010

97 Things to Do Before You Finish High School

This book is about the stuff they don’t teach you in high school, like how to host a film festival, plan your first road trip, make a podcast, or write a manifesto. Want to make a time capsule? Spend a day in silence?

Erika Stalder, Steven Jenkins, 2008

Basics Design 06: Print & Finish

Basics Design 06: Print & Finish is an in-depth exploration of printing and finishing techniques and the different effects they can create.

Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris, 2006

Last To Finish A Story About the Smartest Boy in Math Class

The second picture book in The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses series features Max, a third-grader who had always liked math until his teacher started using a timer for testing the class on multiplication facts.

Barbara Esham, 2012

Nice Guys Finish Last

The resulting book, Nice Guys Finish Last, is baseball at its best, brimming with personality and full of all the fights and feuds, triumphs and tricks that made Durocher such a success—and an outsized celebrity.

Leo Durocher, Ed Linn, 2009

Assholes Finish First

Presents a new collection of alcohol-induced "fratire" adventures in hedonism that convey the author's experiences of being intoxicated at inappropriate times, seducing a large number of women, and otherwise living in complete disregard of ...

Tucker Max, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term finish is used in the context of the following news items.

WWE Battleground 2015: Best Possible Finish for Each Contest

Here is the best possible finish for each of the five matches currently scheduled for WWE Battleground on July 19. Begin Slideshow ». « Prev. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»

Marcel Aubut targets top-two Pan Am Games finish, says athletes …

Canada has never finished better than third in the total medal count at a Pan Am Games, and placed fifth in the most recent games in ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»

Cavendish claims TDF stage seven in tight finish

Great Britain's Mark Cavendish (left) speaks with former Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx at the start of the 223.5 km fourth stage of the 102nd ... «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»

Pacers finish summer league with loss

The Indiana Pacers completed their summer league action with 1-4 record after a 98-74 loss Friday to the Orlando Magic blue team. «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»

Where did Mets' Jeurys Familia finish in All-Star Game Final Vote …

NEW YORK — It's official: Despite putting up All-Star caliber numbers in the first half, Mets closer Jeurys Familia will not be joining teammate ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

Strong finish for girls rugby team in SA

It was a befitting finish for the national girls' rugby team which surpassed all expectations with a convincing show in their maiden appearance at ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»

Junior golf: A pair of Jacobs finish atop the ladder at Madison City …

18 where he 3-putted for bogey to finish his round. With Werlein — playing in the 13-14 age division — still on the course, O'Loughlin felt good ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»

Donations needed to finish out Tweetsie Trail

Local Rotary Clubs banded together to get a grant and build a pavillion on the Tweetsie Trail, near the three-mile mark. (Tony Casey/Johnson ... «Johnson City Press, Jul 15»

Waters wins, Jacobson best finish

The second-place finish for Jacobson is his best career finish to date in the V8 Supercars Dunlop Series, after the Eggleston Motorsport pilot ... «V8 Supercars, Jul 15»

Italian pastry search finds sweet finish

Karen Ericson inquired about local Italian bakeries that sell fresh pastries, especially cannoli, and as usual, her fellow Taste of the Town ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»