Someone who is finished with something is no longer doing it or dealing with it or is no longer interested in it.
One suspects he will be finished with boxing.
2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Something that is finished no longer exists or is no longer happening.
I go back on the dole when the shooting season's finished.
3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Someone or something that is finished is no longer important, powerful, or effective.
Her power over me is finished.
He confessed: 'I thought I was finished.'
4. adjective [v-link ADJ prep, oft adverb ADJECTIVE]
Something that is finished or finished off in a particular way has been given a particular appearance or decoration.
The dining room is finished in deep red.
Each dress is beautifully finished off with piped seams and fitted underskirts.
More Synonyms of finished
finished in British English
(ˈfɪnɪʃt)
adjective
1.
perfected
2. (predicative)
at the end of a task, activity, etc
they were finished by four
3. (predicative)
without further hope of success or continuation
she was finished as a prima ballerina
finished in American English
(ˈfɪnɪʃt)
adjective
1.
ended; concluded
2.
completed
3.
highly skilled or polished; perfected; accomplished
4.
given a certain kind of finish or surface, as of paint, wax, etc.
5.
defeated, ruined, dying, etc.
6. US
done with a task, activity, or concern
they were finished by noon
Examples of 'finished' in a sentence
finished
Rather than buying a finished product, they may be better off buying properties that need work.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What's essential is the finished work.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is not a finished work of art - but it is absolutely beautiful.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Is it the finished product?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is also far from the finished product, but we would be out of a job if they were all finished products.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The value of finished stock and work in progress rose by almost 10 per cent to 4.5million.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It processes raw fibre into yarn, which is then woven into cloth, so it has total control of the finished product.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But at least they had learned something about the finished product along the way.
Christy Campbell PHYLLOXERA: How Wine was Saved for the World (2004)
She often cried when the finished works were sold.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The seat is not yet a finished product.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Going to work but not finished watching?
The Sun (2016)
It emerged last night that he has not yet finished sending out letters to those facing criticism.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Finished work is necessary for any proper musical use.
Evans, Andrew The Secrets of Musical Confidence (1994)
Have you seen the finished film yet and what can you tell us about it?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
By the time they'd finished the piece another friendly local had brought another round.
Ben Nimmo IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia (2003)
The result was not entirely satisfactory, but it was not supposed to be the finished work.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It means please don't judge this as finished work.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Hopefully his dad has showed up because he's finished work.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A fascination with the means of production rather than the finished product.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I have not heard the finished work.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Factory labour should conform to natural bodily rhythms, leave space for initiative and allow contemplation of the finished product.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
You can't help thinking that the promise of that final inspection adds a little extra sparkle to the finished product.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The finished work gels elegantly.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then I bring the ideas into the studio and work them up into finished pieces.
The Sun (2015)
Well, he's not entirely the finished item yet.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He looked very formal - as if he'd just finished work.
The Sun (2006)
Finally, if he is painting on canvas he gives the finished work a coat of matt acrylic varnish to protect its surface from the atmosphere.
Bulgin, Sally Acrylics Masterclass (1994)
He turns it over, shapes it and there it is - a finished piece of perfect sushi.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When a project such as this has been so all-consuming, it must be hard to part with the finished product?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Nonetheless, the boldness is his, matched by an ability to imagine the finished product and to sell the dream to others.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Stripped naked of additives and processes, save a pinch of stabilising sulphur dioxide for all but the purists, the finished product is surprising and fractious.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But a consensus over improved design is not mirrored, at least yet, by widespread acceptance that housebuilders have improved the quality of the finished product.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
finished
British English: finished /ˈfɪnɪʃt/ ADJECTIVE
If you are finished with something, you are no longer doing it or interested in it.
I think he will be finished with boxing.
American English: finished
Arabic: مُنْجَز
Brazilian Portuguese: acabado
Chinese: 完成的
Croatian: gotov
Czech: hotový
Danish: færdig med
Dutch: klaar
European Spanish: haber acabado
Finnish: valmis
French: fini
German: fertig
Greek: τελειωμένος
Italian: finito
Japanese: 終えた
Korean: 끝낸
Norwegian: avsluttet
Polish: skończony
European Portuguese: acabado
Romanian: încheiat cu
Russian: законченный
Latin American Spanish: acabado
Swedish: klar färdig
Thai: ยุติ
Turkish: bitmiş
Ukrainian: закінчений
Vietnamese: hoàn chỉnh
All related terms of 'finished'
finish
When you finish doing or dealing with something, you do or deal with the last part of it, so that there is no more for you to do or deal with.
finished dish
Food that is prepared in a particular style or combination can be referred to as a dish .
half-finished
only partially completed
well-finished
(of a garment, piece of furniture , interior decoration , etc) completed with a high degree of attention to detail and surface appearance
finished goods
Finished goods are goods that have completed the manufacturing process, but have not yet been sold .
finished product
the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
finish up
If you finish up in a particular place or situation , you are in that place or situation after doing or experiencing several things.
finish off
If you finish off something that you have been eating or drinking , you eat or drink the last part of it with the result that there is none left .
finish with
If you finish with someone or something, you stop dealing with them, being involved with them, or being interested in them.
1 (adjective)
Finally, last spring, the film was finished.
Synonyms
over
I think the worst is over now.
done
By evening the work is done, and just in time.
completed
achieved
through
It would guarantee employment once her schooling was through.
ended
At last our search is ended.
closed
I now consider the matter closed.
full
final
complete
The work of restoring the farmhouse is complete.
in the past
concluded
shut
accomplished
executed
tied up
wrapped up (informal)
terminated
sewn up (informal)
finalized
over and done with
We were friends once but that's all over and done with.
Opposites
begun
,
incomplete
2 (adjective)
`This business is finished,' he said sadly.
Synonyms
ruined
done for (informal)
I thought we were all done for.
doomed
bankrupt
I was finally declared bankrupt.
through
lost
the possibility of restoring lost species to their natural environment
gone
defeated
devastated
wrecked
wiped out
undone
She left nothing undone that needed attention.
washed up (informal)
wound up
liquidated
dead in the water (informal)
3 (adjective)
They got a grant from the government but they claim that's all finished now.
Synonyms
spent
The money was spent.
drained
exhausted
Mining companies are shutting down operations as the coal supply is exhausted.
used up
done
gone
After two years, all her money was gone.
empty
played out (informal)
4 (adjective)
Synonyms
polished
Nic is polished, charming and articulate.
professional
She told me we'd done a really professional job.
skilled
skilled workers, such as plumbers
expert
The faces of the waxworks are modelled by expert sculptors.
perfected
masterly
They gave a masterly performance.
classic
smooth
The flagstones were worn smooth by centuries of use.
elegant
Patricia looked as beautiful and elegant as always.
accomplished
one of the most accomplished authors of our time
refined
His speech and manner are refined.
cultivated
His mother was an elegant, cultivated woman.
impeccable
consummate
He acted the part with consummate skill.
flawless
proficient
Many Egyptians are proficient in foreign languages.