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FINISHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brought to ruin
Example:
the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically
Synonyms:
finished; ruined
Classified under:
Similar:
destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ended or brought to an end
Example:
gave me the finished manuscript
Classified under:
Similar:
all over; complete; concluded; ended; over; terminated (having come or been brought to a conclusion)
out-of-the-way; out of the way (dealt with; disposed of)
done; through; through with (having finished or arrived at completion)
done with; through with (having no further concern with)
fin-de-siecle; fin de siecle (relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century))
up (used up)
Antonym:
unfinished (not brought to an end or conclusion)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
Example:
a finished product
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
dressed; polished ((of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth)
fattened ((of market animals) made ready for market)
fattening (subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter)
Also:
painted (coated with paint)
processed (prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process)
smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)
Antonym:
unfinished (not brought to the desired final state)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Having a surface coating or finish applied
Example:
the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
painted (coated with paint)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected
Example:
a finished violinist
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
polished (perfected or made shiny and smooth)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb finish
Context examples:
The being finished speaking and fixed his looks upon me in the expectation of a reply.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
At last Mr. Dance finished the story.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It is solid in its finished state.
(Plastic, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with the absence of any part, substance, software, hardware, or raw material that is designed to be put together as part of the finished device or product.
(Medical Device Component Missing, Food and Drug Administration)
A person, enterprise, or entity that produces finished goods.
(Manufacturer, NCI Thesaurus)
The date on which the recording of the patient medical history was finished.
(Medical History Completion Date, NCI Thesaurus)
The date (and time) the subject has been registered to the study assuming they have finished screening and have been found eligible.
(Performed Study Subject Milestone Registration Date, NCI Thesaurus)
Any intentionally added component of a finished pharmaceutical product other than the claimed therapeutic or diagnostic ingredient(s).
(Pharmaceutical Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)
“There were,” said he, “one or two very remarkable things. Perhaps when I have finished at the police-station you would care to come out and give me your opinion of them.”
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, then, I had finished my toilet in an hour or so—for I was less exigeant in those days than now—and I met Sir Lothian Hume at breakfast.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
