finishing
pronunciation
How to pronounce finishing in British English:
UK ['fɪnɪʃɪŋ]
How to pronounce finishing in American English:
US ['fɪnɪʃɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
- the act of finishing
Word Origin
- finishing (n.)
- 1530s, "action of bringing to completion," verbal noun from finish (v.). From 1660s as "that which gives a completion to." Finishing-school is from 1804.
Example
- 1. Perhaps it is time to consider finishing your mba .
- 2. Like michelzon , golan only spoke out after finishing her service .
- 3. Inside the building , carpenters and technicians are putting the finishing touches to the offices .
- 4. Finishing the job would be good for britain .
- 5. Nobody wins by finishing first .