finished

/ˈfɪnɪʃt/

finished adjective: processed or perfected. Also the simple past and past participle of finish.

Adjective

finished (comparative more finished, superlative most finished)

(comparable) Processed or perfected.
- He gave a very finished, but uninspired performance.
Completed; concluded; done.
- I won't be finished until just before lunch.
- The program was finally finished after three hours.
Synonyms:

in the books, over
(figuratively, informal) Done for; doomed; used up.
- Six years ago, I inherited a Labour Party that was politically, financially and morally bankrupt. I was told, time and time again, that my party was finished.2026 June 22, Keir Starmer, resignation speech
Synonyms:

consumed, depleted, out, done up, effete, exhausted, all, expended, gone, forworn

Also used as

finished is also the simple past and past participle of finish.

finished meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

finished in Hindi

processed or perfected: पूरा pūrā, समाप्त samāpt

finished in Tamil

முடிந்தது

finished in Marathi

संपले

finished in Urdu

processed or perfected: پورا pūrā, ختم xatma

More languagesFewer languages

finished in Bengali: শেষ করা হয়েছে
finished in Malayalam: പൂർത്തിയാക്കി
finished in Punjabi: ਮੁਕੰਮਲ ਕੀਤਾ, ਮੁਕੰਮਲ ਹੋਇਆ
finished in Gujarati: પૂરું થયું
finished in Odia: ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା, ସମାପ୍ତ ହୋଇଛି
finished in Nepali: समाप्त भयो, पुरा भयो

Examples of finished in a sentence

He wasn't finished cleaning up until nearly noon.
He wasn't quite finished with his assignment.

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Synonyms of finished

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Forms of finished

comparative	more finished
superlative	most finished

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Questions about finished

What does finished mean?: Finished means processed or perfected.
What is finished in Hindi?: Finished in Hindi is पूरा (pūrā), समाप्त (samāpt). See Finished meaning in Hindi.
How do you use finished in a sentence?: He wasn't finished cleaning up until nearly noon.
What part of speech is finished?: Finished is an adjective.
How do you pronounce finished?: Finished is pronounced /ˈfɪnɪʃt/.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finished (page history and authors); finished (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finished (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finished (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finished (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finished (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finished (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finished (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); finished (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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