{
    "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’."
}