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{
"term": "finish",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "finish",
"heSheIt": "finishes"
},
"pastSimple": "finished",
"pastParticiple": "finished",
"ingForm": "finishing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to stop doing something or making something because it is complete",
"sensetop": "finish (something)finish what…finish doing somethingfinish by doing something+ speech",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Haven't you finished your homework yet?",
"contextForm": "finish (something)"
},
{
"text": "She finished law school last year."
},
{
"text": "You only get points if you finish the race."
},
{
"text": "I thought you'd never finish!"
},
{
"text": "We've **just finished** the project."
},
{
"text": "Let me **just finish** what I'm doing.",
"contextForm": "finish what…"
},
{
"text": "Be quiet! He hasn't finished speaking.",
"contextForm": "finish doing something"
},
{
"text": "He finished by telling us about his trip to Spain.",
"contextForm": "finish by doing something"
},
{
"text": "‘And that was all,’ she finished.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "‘I had no idea…’ I finished lamely."
},
{
"text": "She had just finished dressing when her phone rang."
},
{
"text": "Peter finished Jane's sentence for her."
},
{
"text": "I’ll just finish the chapter then I’ll come."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "barely"],
"verb + finish": ["let somebody"],
"preposition": ["by", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to come to an end; to bring something to an end",
"sensetop": "finish with somethingfinish something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The play finished at 10.30."
},
{
"text": "The symphony finishes with a flourish.",
"contextForm": "finish with something"
},
{
"text": "The evening finished with a few songs."
},
{
"text": "A cup of coffee finished the meal perfectly.",
"contextForm": "finish something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["almost", "nearly", "barely"],
"verb + finish": ["let somebody"],
"preposition": ["by", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to eat, drink or use what remains of something",
"sensetop": "finish somethingfinish something offfinish something up",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I quickly finished my tea.",
"contextForm": "finish something"
},
{
"text": "He finished off his drink with one large gulp.",
"contextForm": "finish something off"
},
{
"text": "We might as well finish up the cake.",
"contextForm": "finish something up"
},
{
"text": "We might as well finish up the cake—there isn't much left."
},
{
"text": "We'll go out after you've finished your dinner."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to be in a particular state or position at the end of a race or a competition",
"sensetop": "+ adj.+ adv./prep.finish something + adv./prep.finish something + adj.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was delighted to finish second.",
"contextForm": "+ adj."
},
{
"text": "He finished 12 seconds outside the world record.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "The team finished the season in ninth position.",
"contextForm": "finish something + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "The dollar finished the day slightly down.",
"contextForm": "finish something + adj."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to make somebody so tired or impatient that they cannot do any more",
"sensetop": "finish somebody offfinish somebody",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Climbing that hill really finished me off.",
"contextForm": "finish somebody off"
},
{
"text": "A lecture from my parents now would just finish me.",
"contextForm": "finish somebody"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪnɪʃ/",
"audio": "fi/finish/finish__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪnɪʃɪz/",
"audio": "fi/finish/finishes__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪnɪʃt/",
"audio": "fi/finish/finished__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "fi/finish/finishing__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪnɪʃ/",
"audio": "fi/finish/finish__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪnɪʃɪz/",
"audio": "fi/finish/finishes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪnɪʃt/",
"audio": "fi/finish/finished__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "fi/finish/finishing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French feniss-, lengthened stem of fenir, from Latin finire, from finis ‘end’."
}