complete 'come or bring to a finish or an end' close 'finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)' finish 'come or bring to a finish or an end' close 'finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead'
cut conclude stall kill discontinue halt cut out cut off cease stop end finish quit terminate close deactive
graduate 'FN: To finish completely, often referring to attendance at an educational institution' conclude 'COD: bring or come to an end' finish 'FN: bringing or coming to an end' complete 'COD: finish making or doing'
NP (Affector) V () NP.eventuality (Eventuality) PP.subeventuality[with] (Subeventuality)
NP.eventuality (Eventuality) V ()
NP (Affector) V () S_ING (Eventuality)
NP (Affector) V () NP.eventuality (Eventuality)
NP (Subeventuality) V () NP.eventuality (Eventuality)
Examples from WordNet
The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning He finished the dishes The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board
Examples from VerbNet
The storm ended. He stopped eating the popsicle. John cut the engine. He ended the party with fireworks. A wedding ended the book.
Examples from SemCor
A set of tables containing spectral intensities for 39000 lines of 70 elements, as observed in a copper matrix in a d-c arc, was completed and published. These seem about the only two ways in_which the`` unhappy incident'' can now be closed. He improvised as he went_along, completing a life-size clay figure, then bought yards of an inexpensive material from a draper, wet the lightweight cloth in a basin and covered it over with clay that Argiento brought from the bank of the Tiber, to the consistency of thick mud. When this linear draft is completed, I dust it down to a faint image. He finished the war as a major_general, commanding a full division, and at 25 was the youngest major_general in the history of the U._S. Army. As_soon_as the shelter is completed a radio reception check must be made. The Commission shall complete its affairs in connection with settlement of United_States-Yugoslav claims arising under the Yugoslav_Claims_Agreement_of_1948 not later than December_31, 1954: Provided, That nothing in_this provision shall be construed to limit the life of the Commission, or its authority to act_on future agreements which may be effected under the provisions of_this legislation. `` He 's finished eating'', Hogan said. Completed and opened for traffic in 1852, the bridge was designed and built by Lemuel_Chenoweth and his brother, Eli, of Beverly. After Captain_Docherty sent Arleigh_Griffith for Hoag he was able to complete his detailed inspection of the third floor and to receive a report from his man covering the floors above before Griffith returned, buoyed_up by a brief stop for another glass of champagne. The Secretary_of_the_Treasury, upon the concurrence of the Secretary_of_State, is authorized and directed, out of the sum covered into the Yugoslav_Claims_Fund pursuant to subsection( b) of_this section, after completing the payments of such funds pursuant to subsection( c) of_this section, to make payment of the balance of any sum remaining in such fund to the Government of the Federal_People's_Republic_of_Yugoslavia to the extent required under article 1( c) of the Yugoslav_Claims_Agreement_of_1948. By then one begins to notice the middle-age spread; the gray hairs, the eyeglasses, bodies that are too thin or too heavy; the fading signs of old beauty; the athlete of by-gone years who wears a size 46 suit and puffs when he has finished a sentence of any length; then, it is time to break it up and move_on. With the aid of matching federal funds available under Section 701 of the Housing_Act of 1954 as amended, the planning division began a one year program July_1, 1960 to complete the inventory phase of the state planning program. He finished with the team and filled his pipe and stood looking about him. The work of Lay_Visitation_Evangelism is not completed when all_of the persons on the Responsibility_List have been interviewed. However, readers who accept Freud 's findings and believe that he has solved completely the mystery of dreams, should ponder over the following words in his Interpretation_Of_Dreams, Chapter 1,:`` as_a_matter_of_fact no such complete solution of the dream has ever been accomplished in_any_case, and what_is_more, every one attempting such solution has found that in most cases there have remained a great many components of the dream the source of which he has been unable to explain, nor is the discussion closed on the subject of the mantic or prophetic power of dreams''. These two steps essentially complete the lookup operation. It was evident that a second transfer had to be effected, and that it had to take_place between the time the fille finished the doctor 's room and the time she began Alex 's. He finished his champagne and climbed uncertainly to the next landing. He wondered if the audience would let him finish. He completed his training in pharmacy also, taking his degree with high honors in 1797, and in 1799 was awarded the degree of Doctor_of_Philosophy along with a prize for an essay in medicine. When he had finished he led him and the mare to the porch. Thus when yes, I have is the response to have you finished reading the paper? Her extendibles were diverted, connected or augmented and the final, delicate-beyond-description brain taps were completed while Helva remained anesthetically unaware_of the proceedings. A news item described the launching of a ship:`` Completing the ceremony, the beautiful movie_star smashed a bottle of champagne over her stern as she slid gracefully down the ways into the sea''. His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans_Alienus, which Professor_Bo ^ o ^ k describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth. They left the three-quarters together and finished almost together. When he had finished with that, he would go_to another part of the hotel and say much the same things to someone, most probably a busboy. He had just finished unlacing the right one when the telephone rang again. He explained that by_law the council must establish procedures for a vote on the issue within 60 days after the board of canvassers completes its work. That finished the job that Captain_Chandler and Lieutenant_Carroll had begun. Sometimes the pilot had_to turn_back if fully blocked by fog, but 85% of his trips were completed. Without such forward planning, investment_funds are wasted because manufacturing facilities are completed before there is power to operate them or before there is transport to service them; or a skilled labor_force is trained before there are plants available in_which they can be employed. A sheep-lined leather flying suit, plus helmet, goggles and mittens completed his attire for the rigors of the open cockpit. My husband and I, a month ahead of the rush, have just finished a 7- day motor journey of 2809 miles from Tucson, Ariz., to New_York_City. After the Griffin-Byrd political troup has completed the circuit in November in the name of a Pre-Legislative_Forum, this is going_to be the_most politically oriented Legislature in history. This completes the proof of statement( a). This was nearly completed May 23, 1901 with a promise of lights by June 10, but the first light did not go_on until September 28. The gallant company completed Act 4, and got_through part of Act 5,. after completing the payments prescribed by paragraphs( 2) and( 3) of_this subsection, to make payments, from_time_to_time in ratable proportions, on_account_of the unpaid principal of all awards in the principal amount of$ 1000, according_to the proportions which the unpaid principal of such awards bear to the total amount in the fund available for distribution at the time such payments are made; and after payment has been made of the principal amounts of all such awards, to make pro_rata payments on_account_of accrued interest on such awards as bear interest. Bunks, or materials to build them, may have_to be put inside the enclosure before the shelter walls are completed. Many hours of spring_cleaning will be saved, however, if you remove the main drain grate when you close the pool season in the fall. The angriest young_man in Newport last night was at the Playhouse, where`` Epitaph_for_George_Dillon'' opened as the jazz_festival closed. Before her chore was finished she was rescuing wind-blown sheets of music, trundling microphones about the stage, helping to move the piano and otherwise joining in the informal atmosphere. And I had hardly finished my business in the toilet on the aforementioned occasion when the lights in_that place, like the hall lights controlled from the switch in the office, flicked off_and_on impatiently. That was why he had been able to finish the porch. Standard items by Sarasate and Saint-Saens completed the program. Barney finished the cigarette he had been smoking. On November 26 of_that year the bridge was completed and opened. The navy captain disclosed also that a list of questions found in Miss Gee 's purse would, if completed and handed back, have given the Kremlin a complete picture`` of our current anti-submarine effort and would have shown what we are doing in research and development for the future''. `` Sounds like what you 're after'', he said when Hank had finished. As a natural outgrowth of_this approach it was often suggested that the doctor should complete the preparation for painless intercourse by dilating the vagina. My son, who has completed two years in engineering_school, has a summer job on a construction project as an unskilled laborer. The report was completed after nearly eighteen months of work on the question of the organization of the United_Nations. A 6- year study of the transport properties of air at elevated temperatures has been completed. Gun went to the door, which was open, and stood at attention while Orville_Torrence_Killpath, in full uniform, finished combing his hair. There is for_example, a stunning Krakowiak that closes the first act; the mazurka choreographed by Witold_Zapala to music from Moniuszko 's opera,`` Strasny_Dwor', may be the_most beautiful mazurka you are likely ever to see; there is an enchanting polonaise; and the dances and songs from the Tatras contain a magnificent dance for the men. There was also the fact that by the time he meets Mr._Khrushchev, the President will have completed conversations with all the other principal Allied leaders. Then I plan my attack: the parts I will finish first, the range of values, the accenting of minor details- all_in_all, mechanics of producing the finished job with a maximum of crispness. But the bullets whacked home before he finished his battle_cry and Marvin_Goulding fell dead. The lean and leathery Oklahoma amateur, who has been playing topnotch tournament golf for many years, refused to let the Masters jitters overtake him and closed the tournament with his second straight 69. He drew_back his arm to slash the gunbarrel across Jess 's face, but did finish the motion. Mississippi closes its fiscal_year on June 30, while all_of its cities close their fiscal_years on September 30. A 16- year-old Portland businessman and his Junior Achievement company, have been judged the`` Company of the Year'' in national competition completed this week at Ohio_State_University, Columbus, Ohio. Completing the division first also includes those division parts that require multiplication, subtraction, or addition steps:** f This would be reduced by multiplying 8 times 6 and_then dividing the product by 12. Voting preparations began in the fall of 1959, although the actual demarcation and planning for the rural communes was completed in 1958. Erected on the site of pagan temples and three previous St._Sophias, the first of_which was begun by Constantine, this fourth church was started by Justinian in 532 and completed twenty years later. That finished me with Thelma. Instead of isolating the literal flatness by specifying and circumscribing it, the pasted paper or cloth releases and spreads it, and the artist seems to have nothing left but this undepicted flatness with which to finish as_well_as start his picture. `` She says she has to finish a story''. The department has just finished treating 20000 acres in urban_areas of Macon. The work program, as it was originally proposed, was to take five years to complete. With the announcement of a`` special achievement award'' to William_A._Bill_Shea, the awards list was completed yesterday for Sunday night 's thirty-eighth annual dinner and show of the New_York Chapter, Baseball_Writers_Association_of_America, at the Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel. I 'll be down at the creek finishing the dishes, if you want me''. The New_York Shakespeare_Festival, which is using the Wollman_Memorial Skating_Rink while its theatre near the Belvedere is being completed, began bravely. If it will simply delay the debates until the qualifications are closed next spring, and_then carry all the candidates on a tour of debates, it can provide a service to the state. Going through the Imperial_Gate in the wall, I entered the grounds of Topkapi_Palace, home of the Sultans and nerve_center of the vast Ottoman_Empire, and walked along a road toward another gate in the distance, past the Church of St._Irene, completed by Constantine in 330 A._D. on my left, and_then, just outside the second gate, I saw a spring with a tap in the wall on my right- the Executioner 's Spring, where he washed his hands and his sword after beheading his victims. You do n't believe that I 'm going_back to medical_school and finish, do you''? the stress on have, which here represents have finished reading the paper, is quite strong. Six fascicles( 10000 copies each) of the`` Atlas of Tumor_Pathology'' were completed during the period of_this report. When Hudson had finished, the`` town_meeting'' broke_down into a general, wordy argument. After I would finish playing the songs, he 'd just go_away without a comment. The doctor, he noticed, was attempting a transverse movement towards the stairs, but before the movement could be completed a distinct and audible cluck ruffled the air in the hollow of the stair-well. Even when they are finished, however, the contrast will remain, for Istanbul is the only city in the world that_is built upon two continents. A driver of a dairy truck, who begins work at 1 a. m. finishes before breakfast, then goes_out and grows a garden, and who has used the cannery to save and feed a family of five, asked,`` What in the world will we do''? It also includes the training of nationals to operate projects after they are completed. The basic mapping phase of the program has been completed and the inventory phase is scheduled for completion July_1, 1961. Pennsylvania closes its fiscal_year on May 31. More people were passing; he had_to find some way to close this impossible conversation. All_of its cities close their fiscal_years on December 31. `` Do start anything you can finish''. You were sorry when he finished talking because while he was up there you were someone and the world was something too. She knew that I lived at a good address on the Gold_Coast, that I had once been a medical_student and was thinking_of returning to the university to finish my medical studies. Joyce went_on,`` When we 'd finished, Lou- Mr._Thor- asked me to stay a_little longer. Now when Henri has completed four complete Push-Pull_Super-Sets No. 1, the professor allows him about a five minute rest period before starting him on four complete Push-Pull_Super-Sets No. 2. In eight states whose fiscal_years close on June 30, a majority of their cities close their fiscal_year on December 31:( Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Virginia, and South_Carolina). Moreover, on complex projects, design work must be completed and orders for machinery and equipment placed months or even years before construction can commence. Ironic, is it not, that after completing years of costly scientific training he will receive a cut in pay from what he is receiving as an ordinary unskilled laborer? In it they see a way to isolate Cuba, stop infiltration, maybe finish Castro, too. He examined the water_marks on the iron tires when the animals were finished. The conversion to magnetic_tape is not_yet completed, he said, and added Field 's long service in state_government and welfare employ gave him familiarity with the welfare program. After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34- two strokes under par- on this fifth and final day of the tournament( Sunday 's fourth round had been washed_out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed), Player 's game rapidly fell to pieces. After the preliminary business affair was finished Depew arose and delivered the convincing speech that clinched the nomination for Roosevelt. But the Legislature should be granted the opportunity to complete its work before choosing_up sides for the race. After they had finished eating, Melissa took Sprite the kitten under her arm-`` so_that Auntie_Grace can teach it about the whistle''- and climbed into the station_wagon beside her mother.