[fɪˈnɛs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- impressive delicacy and skill
(e.g: orchestral playing of great finesse)

- (in bridge and whist) an attempt to win a trick with a card that is not a certain winner, typically by playing it as the third card in a trick in the hope that any card that could beat it is in the hand of the opponent who has already played


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘purity, delicacy’): from French, related to fine

[fɪˈnɛs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- bring about or deal with (something) by using great delicacy and skill
(e.g: Karen spent ten months finessing the financing for the property)

- (in bridge and whist) play (a card) in the hope of winning a trick with it because any card that could beat it is in the hand of the opponent who has already played


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘purity, delicacy’): from French, related to fine