Finish and Start

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Finish noun – The last part of a process or action.

Usage example: a pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish

Start is an antonym for finish in topics: stop, consume, defeat, perfect, conclusion.

Nearby Words: finished, finis, finishing, finisher

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Start noun – The point at which something begins.

Usage example: knew from the start of the game that he would win easily

Finish is an antonym for start in topics: begin, beginning, establish, set about, set in motion.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

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high	high finish	high start
clean	clean finish	clean start
original	original finish	original start
proper	proper finish	proper start
Other adjectives: round, awkward, actual, bad, quick, new, early, final, several.

mode	finish mode	start mode
business	finish business	start business
work	finish work	start work
match	finish match	start match
Other nouns: job, race, training, series, time, way, level, school, game, story, book, fight, battle, song, mission, quest, war, fights.

Most of the time in the Black & White series, you really don't have to worry about uncontrollable cutscenes until you start or finish a quest scroll.

Source: Overly Long Fighting Animation
Also, as there are both defined start and finish points, you could also win be crossing the finish line first.

Source: Life Meter
With Sugar Rush, it's likely that the camera view is provided by a hovering marshmallow with a TV camera hooked into the jumbotrons at the start/finish line.

Source: Disney / Wreck-It Ralph

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Start and Finish. (2016). Retrieved 2021, April 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/finish/start

Finish & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Apr. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/finish/start>.

Start or Finish. 2016. Accessed April 13, 2021. https://thesaurus.plus/related/finish/start.

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