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synonyms for finishing

  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • clinch
  • close
  • complete
  • conclude
  • do
  • end
  • make
  • settle
  • stop
  • wind up
  • wrap up
  • cease
  • crown
  • culminate
  • determine
  • discharge
  • effect
  • execute
  • finalize
  • fold
  • fulfill
  • halt
  • perfect
  • scratch
  • scrub
  • shutter
  • terminate
  • ultimate
  • wrap
  • bag it
  • break up
  • bring to a close
  • carry through
  • deal with
  • get out of the way
  • hang it up
  • have done with
  • make short work of
  • mop up
  • put finishing touches on
  • round off
  • round up
  • sew up
  • shut down
  • top off
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antonyms for finishing

MOST RELEVANT
  • begin
  • commence
  • continue
  • destroy
  • fail
  • give up
  • introduce
  • lose
  • miss
  • neglect
  • open
  • start
  • unsettle
  • disregard
  • forget
  • ignore
  • initiate
  • leave
  • overlook
  • schedule
  • set up
  • bear
  • create
  • keep
  • maintain
  • save
  • store
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How to use finishing in a sentence

After finishing her dinner she went to her room, having instructed the boy to tell any other callers that she was indisposed.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
We re-visited Paris, but spent most of our three weeks in a tour through Belgium, finishing up at Brussels.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOW
The next morning Chapman brought around the car as early as half past eight, when the girls were just finishing breakfast.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSE
These finishing-off rows look pretty done in pale pink or blue wool.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
He means the builder's plummet, which Zorobabel shall hold in his hand for the finishing the building.-Ibid.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
The textile industry in Virginia includes the spinning and processing of yarn and the weaving and finishing of material.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEY
Finishing his course in 1817, he became a student at the Divinity Hall, where he gained some reputation as a Hebraist.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 5, SLICE 2VARIOUS
In the years 1796 and 1797, after finishing my clerkship, I had a seat in the chambers of the late Jas.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 192, JULY 2, 1853VARIOUS
We must soon talk of your finishing your recovery by breathing the pure and healthy air of Mary-le-Bone.
PRIVATE LETTERS OF EDWARD GIBBON (1753-1794) VOLUME 1 (OF 2)EDWARD GIBBON
The Boss had been getting along very well, and had amused himself with finishing up his record.
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
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WORDS RELATED TO FINISHING

  • concluding
  • final
  • finishing
  • winding up
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