adjective
1. (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state (Freq. 5)
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a finished product
• Ant: ↑unfinished
2. ended or brought to an end (Freq. 2)
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are you finished?
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gave me the finished manuscript
• Ant: ↑unfinished
• Similar to:
↑complete, ↑concluded, ↑ended, ↑over, ↑all over, ↑terminated, ↑done, ↑through, ↑through with, ↑done with, ↑fin de siecle, ↑up
3. (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected
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a dazzling and finished piece of writing
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a finished violinist
• Similar to: ↑polished
4. having a surface coating or finish applied
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the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones
• Similar to: ↑painted
5. brought to ruin
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after the revolution the aristocracy was finished
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the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically
• Syn: ↑ruined
• Similar to: ↑destroyed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.