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Webster 1913 Edition


Finished

Fin′ished

,
Adj.
Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect;
as, a
finished
poem; a
finished
education.
Finished work
(Mach.)
,
work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed.

Webster 1828 Edition


Finished

FIN'ISHED

, pp.
1.
Completed; ended; done; perfected.
2.
a. Complete; perfect; polished to the highest degree of excellence; as a finished poem; a finished education.

Definition 2024


finished

finished

English

Adjective

finished (comparative more finished, superlative most finished)

  1. (comparable) Processed or perfected.
    He gave a very finished, but uninspired performance.
  2. Completed; concluded; done.
    I won't be finished until just before lunch.
    The program was finally finished after three hours.
    He wasn't finished cleaning up until nearly noon.
    He wasn't quite finished with his assignment.
  3. Done for; doomed; used up.

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Verb

finished

  1. simple past tense and past participle of finish
    He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.

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