finish

A1 Topic:Senses & Perception

US /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like finis /s/ vs /ʃ/

noun verb Freq #742

Meanings

1

verb
To complete something or bring it to an end.

I finished my homework before dinner.
2

noun
The end of something, especially a race or contest.

The crowd cheered loudly at the finish of the race.
3

noun
The look or texture of a surface, or the substance giving it that look.

The table had a smooth, glossy finish.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to complete something or... complete

2 noun · the end of something,... goal

3 noun · the look or texture of a... coating

More cessation close conclusion end endingendpointfinal finale finis halt omega termination

Opposites

begin beginning continuation initiate start

Word family

Forms finishedfinishes

Derived forms finishablefinisherfinishipperfinishmentlinishmicrofinishnonfinishingoutfinishprefinishrefinishself-finishedself-finishing

Related forms completion

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Etymology

From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

finishen Middle English *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European

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# finish

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈfɪnɪʃ
**Frequency rank:** 742

## Meanings
1. To complete something or bring it to an end.
2. The end of something, especially a race or contest.
3. The look or texture of a surface, or the substance giving it that look.

## Examples
- I finished my homework before dinner.
- The crowd cheered loudly at the finish of the race.
- The table had a smooth, glossy finish.

## Synonyms
- cessation
- close
- conclusion
- end
- ending
- endpoint
- final
- finale
- finis
- halt
- omega
- termination

## Antonyms
- begin
- beginning
- continuation
- initiate
- start

## Derived Forms
- finishable
- finisher
- finishipper
- finishment
- linish
- microfinish
- nonfinishing
- outfinish
- prefinish
- refinish
- self-finished
- self-finishing

## Related Forms
- completion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: finishen
- Root: *dʰeygʷ-
- Root: *bʰeyd-

## Etymology
From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

## AI Etymology
Finish comes from Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). In current use, the main senses are “To complete something or bring it to an end” and “The end of something, especially a race or contest”.

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- Senses & Perception

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