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# finish

«finish» in Mova's school dictionary: **to come to the end of something, to complete it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (finish, finishes, finished, finishing); noun (a finish, finishes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To finish means to come to the end of something, to complete it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#m1)

2) The finish is the end of a race, where the finish line is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#m2)

3) To finish something up or off is to use or eat the last of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#m3)

4) A finish is the look of a surface, like a shiny finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

maths: time to complete a job or race; work done until finished (time = amount ÷ rate); finishing times in a race; school: finish your work, finish the book; sport: cross the finish line; everyday life: finish your dinner

### examples

- She finishes the book in 5 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#x1)
- How long will it take to finish the puzzle? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#x2)
- He finished the race in 20 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#x3)
- They need to finish 30 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#x4)
- Finish your homework before you play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#x5)
- She was first to cross the finish line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#x6)
- Who finished the milk? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#x7)
- The table has a shiny finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#x8)
- Just let me finish carving this cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/#x9)

### note

Often asks for time: amount ÷ rate. Trap: none special. «Finish» is the end; «Finnish» is from Finland.

### In the corpora

- [A divorce is the official legal end of a marriage, and "the divorce came through" means the court has finished it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/11/)
- [Think of a child finishing swimming lessons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/3/)
- [The Hatter finishes his tale: the Queen screamed «He's murdering the time!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2/1/)
- [Alice thinks: «I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/16/)
- [Badger finishes his cheese, stands by the fire and asks Toad what his father, Badger's old friend, would have said.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «finish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.