finished

/'finiʃt/

Thân thiện

The carpenter applied a final coat of varnish to the finished cabinet.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Completed or concluded: Having reached the end; no longer continuing or in progress.
   • Polished or perfected: Having a high degree of refinement, skill, or completion; not crude or unfinished.
   • Ruined or defeated: No longer effective, successful, or able to continue; brought to an end in a negative sense.
   • Having a final surface treatment: Having a final coating, polish, or treatment applied.

Examples of Usage

• Completed or concluded:
  • Are you finished with your homework?
  • The meeting is finished for today.
• Polished or perfected:
  • She gave a finished performance that captivated the audience.
  • The report was a finished piece of analysis.
• Ruined or defeated:
  • After the scandal, his political career was finished.
  • If we lose this game, we're finished in the tournament.
• Having a final surface treatment:
  • We sell both finished and unfinished furniture.
  • The finished product has a smooth, glossy coat.

Advanced Usage

• "to be finished with someone/something": To have ended one's involvement, patience, or relationship with someone or something.
  • I'm finished with his constant excuses.
• "a finished article": A person or thing that is fully developed or perfected.
  • The young player is talented but not yet a finished article.

Variants and Related Words

• Finish (verb): To bring to an end or complete.
  • Please finish your work.
• Finisher (noun): A person or thing that finishes something.
  • He is a strong finisher in races.
• Finishing (noun/adj): The final stage or the final touches.
  • The finishing touches were applied to the painting.

Synonyms

• Completed: Brought to an end.
• Done: Finished or completed.
• Polished: Refined and elegant.
• Ruined: Brought to destruction or defeat.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Finish up: To complete the last part of something.
  • Let's finish up this project by Friday.
• Finish off: To complete or destroy something.
  • She finished off the last piece of cake.
  • The injury finished off his season.

Related Idioms

• Finished product: The final, completed version of something.
  • The prototype is rough, but the finished product will be sleek.
• A finished man/woman: A person whose reputation or career is destroyed.
  • After the verdict, he was a finished man in the industry.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. brought to ruin
   • after the revolution the aristocracy was finished
   • the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically
2. having a surface coating or finish applied
   • the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones
3. (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected
   • a dazzling and finished piece of writing
   • a finished violinist
4. ended or brought to an end
   • are you finished?
   • gave me the finished manuscript
5. (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
   • a finished product

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ruined