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Pronunciation / Transliteration: owaru
"私たちは夕方までに仕事を終わらせた。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To bring to an end; to come to the end of something.
"She managed to finish her homework before dinner."
- 1
The end or final part of something, such as a race or a process.
"The race had a very exciting finish."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from Old French finiss-, extended stem of finir, from Latin finire, from finis 'end'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "finish" is said worldwide
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finir
Transliteration: finir
"Il doit finir son travail avant de partir."
beenden
Transliteration: beenden
"Wir müssen dieses Projekt heute noch beenden."
finire
Transliteration: finire
"Ho quasi finito di leggere il libro."
terminar
Transliteration: terminar
"Voy a terminar mi tarea ahora mismo."
terminar
Transliteration: terminar
"Ele conseguiu terminar o relatório a tempo."
समाप्त करना
Transliteration: samapt karna
"मैंने अपना काम समाप्त कर लिया है।"
完成
Transliteration: wánchéng
"我终于完成了这个项目。"
끝내다
Transliteration: kkeutnaeda
"나는 숙제를 제때에 끝냈다."
終わる
Transliteration: owaru
"私たちは夕方までに仕事を終わらせた。"
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