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# finished

«finished» in Mova's school dictionary: **done, at the end, complete** — 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); adjective (finished)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Finished means done, at the end, complete. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#m1)

2) Finished is the past of finish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#m2)

3) «I'm finished» can mean I have nothing more to do or eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a part already completed; the rest is total minus finished (left = total − finished); time taken to finish; everyday life: finished homework, finished painting; stories: when the work was finished, they rested

### examples

- She has finished 12 of the 20 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#x1)
- He finished his homework in 40 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#x2)
- How many are left after she finished 3? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#x3)
- The finished cake weighs 2 kg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#x4)
- Are you finished with the scissors? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#x5)
- The finished picture looked great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#x6)
- When the game finished, we went home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#x7)
- Then they finished dressing and disappeared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finished/#x8)

### note

Gives the part done: left = total − finished. Trap: none special.

### 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/)
- ["A work in progress" means something not finished or not good yet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/9/)
- [Wait a few minutes and stand back when opening a dishwasher that has just finished, because hot steam can scald.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/107-oven-hob-kettle-toaster-and-dishwasher/14/)
- [Knife and fork placed together on the plate show you have finished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/12/)
- [He put the phone in the hall and finished in twenty minutes instead of an hour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/419-homework-first/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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