0 present participle of finish --
1 to complete something or come to the end of an activity: --
Please place your questionnaire in the box when you're finished.
She finished (the concert) with a song from her first album.
[ + -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.
2 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. --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.