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 →

2) Finished is the past of finish. tree →

3) «I'm finished» can mean I have nothing more to do or eat. tree →

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 →
• He finished his homework in 40 minutes. tree →
• How many are left after she finished 3? tree →
• The finished cake weighs 2 kg. tree →
• Are you finished with the scissors? tree →
• The finished picture looked great. tree →
• When the game finished, we went home. tree →
• Then they finished dressing and disappeared. tree →

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.
• "A work in progress" means something not finished or not good yet.
• Wait a few minutes and stand back when opening a dishwasher that has just finished, because hot steam can scald.
• Knife and fork placed together on the plate show you have finished.
• He put the phone in the hall and finished in twenty minutes instead of an hour.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «finished» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.