INDEFINITE
\ɪndˈɛfɪnət], \ɪndˈɛfɪnət], \ɪ_n_d_ˈɛ_f_ɪ_n_ə_t]\
Definitions of INDEFINITE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 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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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.
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Boundless; infinite.
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Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; - said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate.
By Oddity Software
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Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.
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Boundless; infinite.
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Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; - said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate.
By Noah Webster.
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Not exact; vague; uncertain; having no particular limit; too numerous or variable to be easily counted.
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Indefinitely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Not limited; not precise or certain; not distinctly marked; vague or unsettled; in bot., applied to inflorescence in which the central or terminal flower is the last to expand; having more than twenty stamens; very numerous, as ovules or seeds.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.