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Translation

end, purpose

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Word origin

From Latin finis ('boundary, limit, end').

Origin
Latin
Root
finis
English cognates
finish, final, finite

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Examples

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You finally arrived, I had been waiting an hour.

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At the weekend we are going to the beach.

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With the aim of improving, you have to practise every day.

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I have finally finished the report I had been writing for weeks.

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The end is not always worth the means, she says.

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fin: worksheet, infographic and listicle

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This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 3: fin, vivo, equipo and 7 more words.