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finishnoun the last part of a process or actiona pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish capper, close, closing, conclusion, consummation, end, endgame, ending, finale, finis, grand finale, homestretch, mop-up, windup, wrap-up acme, apex, capstone, climax, copestone, coup de grâce(or coup de grace), crescendo, crown, culmination, high-water mark, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenithaftermath, anticlimax, coda, epilogue(also epilog), postscriptshank, tag end, tail end baseline, beginning, dawn, day one, nascence, nascency, opening, start foreword, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, prologue(also prolog) the stopping of a process or activityan all-out fight right to the finish arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, expiration, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination mop-up, phaseoutabeyance, break, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, standstill, suspension continuance, continuation extension, persistence, prolongation finishverbto bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be donewe should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow complete, consummate, finalize, perfect, polish follow through (with), stick outaccomplish, achieve, effectcarry out, carry through, discharge, do, execute, fulfill(or fulfil), performameliorate, amend, better, enhance, enrich, improve, melioratemachine, refine, round (off or out), shine, touch up get through abandon, desert, discontinue, drop, forsake, quit to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping pointwe'll finish the concert before dark close, close out, complete, conclude, end, round (off or out), terminate, wind up, wrap up climax, crownconsummate, perfecthalt, stop, suspend put paid to(chiefly British), ring down the curtain (on) begin, commence, inaugurate, open, start to come to an endthe three-day race finished yesterday break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out) desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from)give over(British), knock off, pack (up or in)break down, conk (out), cut out, stallpause, stay, suspendabate, peter (out), wind down bite the dust continue, hang on, persist draw out, extend, prolong, protract v.close, end, conclude, finish, complete, terminate mean to bring or come to a stopping point or limit.close usually implies that something has been in some way open as well as unfinished.close a debate end conveys a strong sense of finality.ended his life conclude may imply a formal closing (as of a meeting).the service concluded with a blessing finish may stress completion of a final step in a process.after it is painted, the house will be finished complete implies the removal of all deficiencies or a successful finishing of what has been undertaken.the resolving of this last issue completes the agreement terminate implies the setting of a limit in time or space.your employment terminates after three months in the 14th century |