Synonym: cease, close, complete, conclude, end, perfect, polish, refine, stop, terminate. Antonym: begin, commence, start. Similar words: finish up, finish with, diminish, vanish, punish, affinity, clownish, Spanish. Meaning: ['fɪnɪʃ] n. 1. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) 2. designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race) 3. the act of finishing 4. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) 5. the temporal end; the concluding time 6. (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed) 7. event whose occurrence ends something 8. the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict) 9. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality. v. 1. come or bring to a finish or an end 2. finally be or do something 3. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical 4. provide with a finish 5. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table 6. cause to finish a relationship with somebody.
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151) The replays of the close finish showed Ottey finished ahead of the Olympic champion.
152) She managed to finish the race by sheer will power.
153) If you're not careful, you could finish up seriously ill.
154) If you expect to finish the work this morning you had better dig in and get started.
155) She's a woman with a mission and she's absolutely determined to finish the project.
156) From start to finish he believed in me, often more than I did myself.
157) We felt we might finish third. Any better would be a bonus.
158) The French pair fought back to finish two sets to one victors over the Williams sisters.
159) He had to summon the energy to finish the race.
160) . Spare a thought for us?we'll be working through the night to finish the report.
161) The waitress whisked our coffee cups away before we'd had a chance to finish.
162) We asked the builders to finish the job as quickly as possible.
163) It's a million to one that she'll finish before us. She always does.
164) We all insist that we not rest until we finish the work.
165) We have to allow for the possibility that we might not finish on schedule.
166) See if you can stall her while I finish searching her office.
167) This battle is our last chance, we must fight to a finish.
167) Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress every day!
168) Could you give me some idea of when the building work will finish?
169) Try and finish quickly. In this structure, try can only be used in the infinitive, or to tell somebody what to do.
170) We can finish this job on time if everyone does his bit.
171) We had a quick lunch and finished up with a cup of coffee/and a cup of coffee to finish up with.
172) You must hurry up or you cannot finish it in time.
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