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finis

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fin·is  (fns, fns, f-n)
n.
The end; the conclusion: setbacks that wrote finis to our venture.

[Middle English, from Latin fnis.]

finis [ˈfɪnɪs]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the end; finish: used at the end of books, films, etc.
[from Latin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.finisfinis - 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"
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
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] nfine f
finis [ˈfɪnɪs] nfine f


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Finis is written, and your man wanders in strange gardens.
I wrote the word finis at the end of the sixty-eighth strip about a week ago.
This Rex certainly must be a relation of the great author Finis, who wrote all books!
 
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