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finishesnounpl. of finish the last part of a process or actiona pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish cappers, closes, closings, conclusions, consummations, endgames, endings, ends, finales, finises, grand finales, homestretches, mop-ups, windups, wrap-ups acmes, apexes(or apices), capstones, climaxes, copestones, coups de grâce(or coups de grace), crescendos(also crescendoes or crescendi), crowns, culminations, high-water marks, meridians, peaks, pinnacles, summits, tip-tops, tops, zenithsaftermaths, anticlimaxes, codas, epilogues(also epilogs), postscriptsshanks, tag ends, tail ends baselines, beginnings, dawns, day ones, nascences, nascencies, openings, starts forewords, introductions, overtures, preambles, prefaces, preludes, prologues(also prologs) the stopping of a process or activityan all-out fight right to the finish arrestments, arrests, ceases, cessations, checks, closedowns, closes, closures, conclusions, cutoffs, discontinuances, discontinuations, endings, ends, expirations, halts, lapses, offsets, shutdowns, shutoffs, stays, stoppages, stops, surceases, terminations mop-ups, phaseoutsabeyances, breaks, interruptions, layoffs, letups, moratoriums(or moratoria), pauses, standstills, suspensions continuances, continuations extensions, persistences, prolongations finishesverbpresent tense third-person singular of finishto bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be donewe should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow completes, consummates, finalizes, perfects, polishes follows through (with), sticks outaccomplishes, achieves, effectscarries out, carries through, discharges, does, executes, fulfills(or fulfils), performsameliorates, amends, betters, enhances, enriches, improves, melioratesmachines, refines, rounds (off or out), shines, touches up gets through abandons, deserts, discontinues, drops, forsakes, quits to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping pointwe'll finish the concert before dark closes, closes out, completes, concludes, ends, rounds (off or out), terminates, winds up, wraps up climaxes, crownsconsummates, perfectshalts, stops, suspends puts paid to(chiefly British), rings down the curtain (on) begins, commences, inaugurates, opens, starts to come to an endthe three-day race finished yesterday breaks off, breaks up, ceases, closes, concludes, dead-ends, determines, dies, discontinues, elapses, ends, expires, goes, halts, lapses, leaves off, lets up, passes, quits, stops, terminates, winds up, winks (out) desists (from), lays off (of), refrains (from)gives over(British), knocks off, packs (up or in)breaks down, conks (out), cuts out, stallspauses, stays, suspendsabates, peters (out), winds down bites the dust continues, hangs on, persists draws out, extends, prolongs, protracts |