finished

[ fin-isht ]

adjective

1. ended or completed.
2. completed or perfected in all details, as a product:

   to pack and ship finished items.

3. polished to the highest degree of excellence:

   a dazzling and finished piece of writing.

4. highly skilled or accomplished:

   a finished violinist.

5. condemned, doomed, or in the process of extinction:

   The aristocracy was finished after the revolution.

6. (of livestock) fattened and ready for market.

finished

/ ˈfɪnɪʃt /

adjective

1. perfected
2. predicative at the end of a task, activity, etc

   they were finished by four

3. predicative without further hope of success or continuation

   she was finished as a prima ballerina

Other Words From

• half-finished adjective
• well-finished adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of finished¹

First recorded in 1575–85; finish + -ed ²

Example Sentences

In six seasons, Kelly finished with a 35-34 record that included two victories over Football Championship Subdivision teams.

From Los Angeles Times

Modern life in the West is an expanding raft of the consequences resulting from pretending to be finished with history, only to find its unreconciled chapters won’t let us be.

From Salon

He finished his career with 165 race wins over 19 years.

From BBC

By beating incumbent Kevin de León for a City Council seat that stretches from downtown through Boyle Heights and up to Eagle Rock, the 34-year-old sustained the political earthquake she first unleashed in March, when she finished ahead of him and two Latino Assembly members in the primary.

From Los Angeles Times

With the new facility, which is scheduled to be finished in 2027, the city will for the first time start using purified recycled water as part of the drinking water supply.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• closed
• concluded
• decided
• ended
• full
• realized
• resolved
• satisfied
• settled
• stopped