finishing

Definitions

noun

1

The act of completing something.

2

Shooting ability.

That guy's a slow and lazy player, but he's got excellent finishing.

Benítez's team had been subjected to some intense pressure and will be grateful that Benfica's finishing was not as refined as their buildup play. Jorge Jesus's side pinned them back at times but they were guilty of being too elaborate in front of goal.

3

The final work upon or ornamentation of a thing; finish.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

excellent, grateful, hard, high, lacking, latter, needed, still

She was grateful for his hard finishing touches on the renovation project.

VERB + FINISHING

add, cross, got, prevented, put, report, worked

She put finishing touches on the cake before the guests arrived.

FINISHING + NOUN

examinations, homework, job, lunch, school, specimen, university

She was finishing her homework when her friend called to invite her to the cinema.

PREP.

after, from, in, on, up, with

She felt exhausted after finishing the marathon in under four hours.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of finishing

finish

noun — a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the subs

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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That guy's a slow and lazy player, but he's got excellent finishing.

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02

Benítez's team had been subjected to some intense pressure and will be grateful that Benfica's finishing was not as refined as their buildup play. Jorge Jesus's side pinned them back at times but they

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03

Finishing the job by Tuesday will be a piece of cake.

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04

The rain prevented us from finishing our game of tennis.

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05

The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method.

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06

Finishing the report by tomorrow is next to impossible.

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