Betekenis van finish In het Nederlands

• 0 to complete something or come to the end of an activity:

  • I'll call you when I've finished my homework.

  • Please place your questionnaire in the box when you're finished.

  • She finished (the concert) with a song from her first album.

  • She finished second (= in second place) in the finals.

  • [ + -ing verb ] Have you finished reading that magazine?

  • They've already run out of money and the building isn't even half-finished (= half of it has not been completed).

  • The meeting should finish around four o'clock.

  • The play finishes with a wedding.

  • Make sure she finishes her dinner.

  • He finished his drink and left.

  • We finished (= ate all of) the pie last night.

• 1 If you finish something made of wood, you give it a last covering of paint, polish, or varnish so that it is ready to be used.

• 2 the end of a race, or the last part of something:

  • a close finish

  • They replayed the finish in slow motion.

• 3 the condition of the surface of a material such as wood:

  • Look at the beautiful shiny finish on that piano.

  • Even a clear finish will alter the colour of wood slightly.

• 4 to come to an end:

  • [ I ] The meeting should finish at four o’clock.

  • [ T ] If you’ll let me finish my sentence, I’ll explain it to you.

  • [ I ] She didn’t win but she did finish second.

  • [ T ] Have you finished that magazine?

  • [ T ] We may as well finish the rest of this pasta.

• 5 the end of a race, or the last part of something:

  • Both candidates are predicting a close finish in this election.

  • a glossy finish

• 6 to end at a particular level or price at the end of a period of trading on a financial market:

  • finish down/up The FTSE 100 finished down 4.1 at 4,468.7.

  • finish above/below sth The Dow Jones industrial average finished below 13,000 for the first time since April.

  • finish at sth Its stock finished at $39.08, up 25 percent from a 52-week low of $31.15.

  • Headline shares finished the day higher after a positive start to the week.

• 7 to be in a particular position at the end of a period of time:

  • The company finished the financial year £56 million in deficit.

• 8 the end of a period of trading on a financial market:

  • The markets ended the week with a strong finish.

• 9 the fact of being in a particular position at the end of a period of time:

  • There were signs of a positive finish to the year for the tourist industry.

• 10 the way that something looks when it is complete:

  • The use of good-quality paper and an attractive folder will add a professional finish to your printed presentation.

• 11 the last covering of paint, etc. that is put onto a surface:

  • All these items are available in a range of finishes.