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finish line en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A line marking the end of a race.
   • The five exhausted runners crossed the finish line one after the other.
2. (broadly, figuratively) The end of a process.
   • “In the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader. “We will not let it go. We will not let it die. This voter suppression cannot stand.” 2021 June 22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times:
   • The race to the finish line has started already according to Jürgen Klopp and by those punishing standards Liverpool have faltered badly. 2017 January 21, Andy Hunter, “Gylfi Sigurdsson and Swansea stun Liverpool in five-goal thriller”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Synonyms

finishing line

Translations (42)

da mållinje (line marking end of a race) · ru фи́нишная черта́ (line marking end of a race) · ja 決勝点 (line marking end of a race) · ta பிநிஶ் (line marking end of a race) · ko 결승선 (line marking end of a race) · tl hanggahang guhit (line marking end of a race) · ka ფინიში (line marking end of a race) · ja ゴール (line marking end of a race) · pl finisz (line marking end of a race) · hy վերջնագիծ (line marking end of a race) · ko 골 (line marking end of a race) · pt linha de chegada (line marking end of a race) · ja 決勝線 (line marking end of a race) · pl meta (line marking end of a race) · es meta (line marking end of a race) · es taina (line marking end of a race) · ko 결승점 (line marking end of a race) · de Ziellinie (line marking end of a race) · fr ligne d'arrivée (line marking end of a race) · nl eindstreep (line marking end of a race) · bg фи́ниш ли́ния (line marking end of a race) · el γραμμή τερματισμού (line marking end of a race) · cmn 終點 /终点 (line marking end of a race) · cmn 終點線 /终点线 (line marking end of a race) · hu célvonal (line marking end of a race) · is mark (line marking end of a race) · th เส้นชัย (line marking end of a race) · sv mållinje (line marking end of a race) · ru фи́ниш (line marking end of a race) · ro linie de sosire (line marking end of a race) · ru фи́нишная ли́ния (line marking end of a race) · eo cellinio (line marking end of a race) · da målstreg (line marking end of a race) · fi maali (line marking end of a race) · da mål (line marking end of a race) · it linea d'arrivo (line marking end of a race) · tr bitiş çizgisi (line marking end of a race) · fi maaliviiva (line marking end of a race) · it traguardo (line marking end of a race) · grc βαλβίς (line marking end of a race) · nl eindmeet (line marking end of a race) · mk це́лна ли́нија (line marking end of a race)