finish
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.91 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
noun
The stoppage or conclusion of a bout before the scheduled rounds expire, resulting in an immediate victory via knockout (KO), technical knockout (TKO), or submission.
Example Sentences
- "Noel meets a cruel finish: "Kid," the government lackey who "protects" the clubs in the tourist belt, shoots Noel dead in an alley for stealing Pining out of the brothel."
- "The car's finish was so shiny and new."
- "They're sipping Darjeeling tea, and the silver tea set is polished to a mirror finish so reflective that you can see your likeness."
- "The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov."
- "However, Colombia broke the deadlock, Leicy Santos toying with Rachel Daly after collecting Caicedo’s pass, before sweeping a dipping effort over a caught-out Mary Earps. It was a luscious finish and the crowd enjoyed it."
- "Oliveira holds multiple UFC records, notably the most submission wins in the organization's history at 17, most finishes at 21 and most bonuses at 21."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin fīnis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin fīniō Old French finirbor. Middle English finishen English finish From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: finishen, *dʰeygʷ-, *bʰeyd-
Usage
Inflected Forms
finishes (plural)
finishes (present, singular)
finishing (participle, present)
finished (participle, past)
finished (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
finished (first person, past)
finishest (archaic, present)
finished (past, second person)
finishedst (archaic, past)
finisheth (archaic, present)