different between finish vs print

English

Etymology

From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin f?n?re, present active infinitive of f?ni?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?n'?sh, IPA^(key): /?f?n??/
• Homophone: Finnish

Noun

finish (plural finishes)

1. An end; the end of anything.
2. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.

3. The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
4. A finishing touch; careful elaboration; polish.
5. (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.

Translations

Verb

finish (third-person singular simple present finishes, present participle finishing, simple past and past participle finished)

1. (transitive) To complete (something).

2. (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
3. (transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.

4. (intransitive) To come to an end.

5. (transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.

   These rumours could finish your career.

6. (intransitive) To reach orgasm.

Usage notes

• (transitive, to complete): This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the -ing form). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Antonyms

• (to complete): initiate, begin, start

Derived terms

• nice guys finish last

Translations

Related terms

• finish line
• finishing school

Anagrams

• fishin'

Danish

Etymology

From English finish.

Noun

finish c (singular definite finishen, not used in plural form)

1. (the appearance after) fine-tuning, finishing touch
2. finish (a spectacular end in a race or a competition)

Further reading

• “finish” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?.n??/
• Hyphenation: fi?nish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English finish.

Noun

finish m (uncountable)

1. finish; end

Derived terms

• finishlijn

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

finish

1. first-person singular present indicative of finishen
2. imperative of finishen

English

Etymology

From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

print (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

Verb

print (third-person singular simple present prints, present participle printing, simple past and past participle printed)

1. (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.

2. To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.

4. (transitive, intransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
5. (transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.

6. (transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
7. (transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

   • Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, / That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod.

8. (computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.
9. (finance, transitive, intransitive) To produce an observable value.

Derived terms

• printed matter
• printer
• printing form
• printing press

Translations

Noun

print (countable and uncountable, plural prints)

1. (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.

2. (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.

3. (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.

4. (countable) A newspaper.
5. A visible impression on a surface.

6. A fingerprint.

7. A footprint.
8. (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
9. (photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
10. (film) A copy of a film that can be projected.
11. Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
12. (architecture) A plaster cast in bas relief.

Antonyms

• (writing without connected letters): cursive

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Print on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English print.

Verb

print

1. To print; to print out or off; to produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

print

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of printen
2. imperative of printen

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from English Print Screen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??.t(?)(i)/

Noun

print m (plural prints)

1. (Internet slang, nonstandard) screenshot

   Synonyms: captura de ecrã, captura de tela, screenshot, Print Screen

Related terms

• printar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English print.

Noun

print m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. Output of a computer printer.

Derived terms

• pr?ntati