DEFINITE
\dˈɛfɪnət], \dˈɛfɪnət], \d_ˈɛ_f_ɪ_n_ə_t]\
Definitions of DEFINITE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.
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Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
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Determined; resolved.
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Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.
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A thing defined or determined.
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Definiteness.
By Oddity Software
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Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.
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Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
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Determined; resolved.
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Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.
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A thing defined or determined.
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Definiteness.
By Noah Webster.
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Definiteness.
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Precise; exact; having fixed or distinct limits; certain; pointing out; as, the definite article.
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Definitely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Noting a cymose inflorescence in which the oldest flower is at the apex of the axis in the center of a constant number of stamens.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Having fixed limits; determinate; fixed; precise; exact; limiting the application.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
