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[ noun ] designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)

Examples

"excitement grew as the finish neared" "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish" "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish"

Used in print

(H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)

The treatment seems unnecessarily loose_jointed and complex , largely because the method is lax and the analysis seems never to be pushed to a satisfactory or even a consistent stopping-point .

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