to finish the project
15
1.8
- phrasal verb
:
terminar
- We have to work hard this week to finish the project by the deadline.
And Sean is here this year, and he's also here tonight as a Radcliffe Fellow to finish the project and to produce it with the ART.
- And Sean is here this year, and he's also here tonight as a Radcliffe Fellow to finish the project and to produce it with the ART.
Examples
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When I was nine, I lingered after school to finish my science project: a "Ming Garden" intended as a birthday gift for my mother.
Fiction book (1998) -
And Sean is here this year, and he's also here tonight as a Radcliffe Fellow to finish the project and to produce it with the ART.
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We're not going to be able to finish the project.
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Yeah, especially for those who actually stay up to finish the project.
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I had to finish the project.
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Employees who feel valued and connected will stay late to finish the project.
Blog text (13) -
Basically, they want to finish the project that they began in 1948 because it has taken too long.
Blog text (31) -
I need to finish this project." "I know you do," she whispered.
Fiction book (1998) -
It's hard for me to diversify when I haven't finished a project.
Blog text (21) -
I'll finish the project.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To stop something or make it finish
∞
1.0
To bring something to an end or complete it
∞
1.0
To finish something or make it whole
942
2.6
To do something successfully after much effort
226
3.0
Finish an activity or task
190
2.0
To complete an activity or task
134
2.8
To finish a task you need to do
128
3.3
To finish a difficult or long task
94
2.4
To finish a task well and quickly
74
3.8
Complete the last details to make something ready
31
2.5
To complete the last part of a task
11
4.0
To complete something by adding the final touches
7
3.7
Finish something with a special final action like a show or speech
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to complete the project' is directly and transparently derived from the verb 'finish' (to bring to completion) combined with the noun 'project' (a planned piece of work), with 'the' as a determiner. This is a standard transitive verb + object construction that is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Finish the project brings to mind a builder putting the last brick on a house or an athlete crossing the finish line after a long race. The image of the final act, where finish meets the whole project, is why it means 'to complete all the necessary work'.