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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Adjective
    * 1.3.1 Antonyms
    * 1.3.2 Derived terms
    * 1.3.4 Translations
  • 1.4 Noun
• 2 Italian
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Verb
  • 2.3 Adjective
• 3 Latin
  • 3.1 Verb
  • 3.2 Adverb
  • 3.3 References
• 4 Spanish
  • 4.1 Verb

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From Latin dēfīnītus, past participle of dēfīniō, whence also English define.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfɪnɪt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfɪnɪt/, /ˈdɛfənɪt/, /ˈdɛfənət/
• (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdefɪnɪt/
• (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈdefənət/

definite (comparative more definite, superlative most definite)

1. Having distinct limits.
   definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval
   • 1837, William Whewell, chapter 8, in History of the Inductive Sciences‎[1], volume 3, book 14, London: John W. Parker, page 145:
     […] elements combine in definite proportions […]
2. Free from any doubt.
   Synonym: unquestionable
   definite knowledge
3. Determined; resolved; decided.
   • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]:
     […] idiots in this case of favour would
     Be wisely definite
4. (linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons or things
   the definite article

• indefinite

• definite article

• definite clause

• definite integral

• definitely

• definite maybe

• definiteness

• definite verb

• definitize

• definitude

• nondefinite

• positive-definite

• quasidefinite

• semidefinite

• undefinite

• define

• definitive

• indefinite

having distinct limits

• Belarusian: пэ́ўны (be) (péwny)
• Bulgarian: определен (bg) (opredelen)
• Catalan: definit (ca)
• Czech: určitý (cs)
• Esperanto: difinita
• Finnish: rajattu (fi), määrätty (fi)
• French: défini (fr)
• German: bestimmt (de), absolut (de)
• Greek: σαφής (el) (safís), καθορισμένος (el) (kathorisménos)
• Hebrew: מוגדר (mugdár)
• Indonesian: definit (id)
• Japanese: 明確 (ja) (meikaku)
• Polish: określony (pl)
• Romanian: definit (ro)
• Russian: определённый (ru) (opredeljónnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cinnteach, deimhinn
• Spanish: definido (es)
• Swedish: bestämd (sv)
• Ukrainian: ви́значений (uk) (význačenyj), пе́вний (uk) (pévnyj)

free from any doubt

• Bulgarian: сигурен (bg) (siguren)
• Dutch: eenduidig (nl)
• Finnish: varma (fi)
• German: eindeutig (de)
• Greek: ξεκάθαρος (el) (xekátharos)
• Hebrew: בטוח (he) (batúakh)
• Indonesian: definit (id)
• Luxembourgish: bestëmmt
• Polish: jasny (pl), sprecyzowany
• Romanian: sigur (ro), neîndoielnic (ro)
• Russian: определённый (ru) (opredeljónnyj), я́сный (ru) (jásnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cinnteach, deimhinn
• Spanish: indudable (es)
• Swedish: bestämd (sv)
• Ukrainian: ви́значений (uk) (význačenyj)
• Welsh: pendant (cy)

definite (plural definites)

1. (grammar) A word or phrase that designates a specified or identified person or entity.
2. (obsolete) Anything that is defined or determined.

• IPA(key): /de.fiˈni.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: de‧fi‧nì‧te

definite

1. inflection of definire:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

definite

1. feminine plural of definito

dēfīnīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēfīniō

dēfīnītē (comparative dēfīnītius, superlative dēfīnītissimē)

1. precisely, distinctly, clearly, explicitly

• “definite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

definite

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of definir combined with te

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