fin·is

(fĭn′ĭs, fī′nĭs, fē-nē′)

The end; the conclusion: setbacks that wrote finis to our venture.

[Middle English, from Latin fīnis.]

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finis

(ˈfɪnɪs)

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the end; finish: used at the end of books, films, etc

[C15: from Latin]

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fin•is

(ˈfɪn ɪs, fiˈni, ˈfaɪ nɪs)

n.

end; conclusion.

[Middle English < Latin fīnis]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	finis - the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" close, last, stopping point, finale, finish, conclusion end, ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
	2.	finis - the concluding part of any performance closing curtain, finale, close finishing, finish - the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause"

Translations

finis

[ˈfɪnɪs] n → fine f

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Finis is written, and your man wanders in strange gardens.

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A never troubles himself to master the relationships of the characters, on which perhaps all the interest of the story depends: he 'skips' over all the descriptions of scenery, and every passage that looks rather dull: he doesn't half attend to the passages he does read: he goes on reading merely from want of resolution to find another occupation--for hours after he ought to have put the book aside: and reaches the 'FINIS' in a state of utter weariness and depression!

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In some cases the titles had been altered: "Finis," for instance, being changed to "The Finish," and "The Song of the Outer Reef" to "The Song of the Coral Reef." In one case, an absolutely different title, a misappropriate title, was substituted.

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If I do, or if I even open this again, it will be to deal with different people and different themes, for here at the end, where the romance of my life is told, ere I go back to take up the thread of my life-work, I say sadly and without hope, "FINIS".

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I wrote the word finis at the end of the sixty-eighth strip about a week ago.

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Amongst many other questions, he asked me, "Now that George Rex is dead, how many more of the family of Rexes are yet alive?" This Rex certainly must be a relation of the great author Finis, who wrote all books!

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Les participants ont encore souligne l'importance de developper, sur le continent, des industries qui transforment directement les matieres premieres au lieu de les exporter pour ensuite importer les produits finis a des couts parfois exorbitants.

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"C'est egalement le moyen le plus efficace pour barrer la route a l'informel dans le secteur du recyclage des dechets", a-t-elle soutenu, ajoutant que cela permet d'avoir une tracabilite des dechets, a savoir leur nature, leur provenance et la destination des produits finis ou semi-finis.

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