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Definitive
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What's The Definition Of Definitive?
[adj] supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem"
[adj] clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney [adj] of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" Synonyms | Synonyms for Definitive: authoritative | classical | conclusive | determinate | explicit | expressed | standard | unequivocal Related Terms | Find terms related to Definitive: absolute | accurate | actual | admitting no exception | all-out | arrant | authoritative | boundary | categorical | caudal | clarifying | classical | clean-cut | clear | clear-cut | closing | complete | completing | concluding | conclusive | confining | consummate | crass | decided | decisive | defining | definite | determinate | determinative | determining | downright | egregious | ending | endmost | entire | eventual | exact | exclusive | exhaustive | explicit | express | extreme | farthest | final | finishing | fixed | flagrant | flat | flat-out | glaring | global | gross | implicit | inappealable | indisputable | intolerable | last | limitary | limitative | limiting | out-and-out | outright | peremptory | perfect | polar | positive | precious | precise | profound | pronounced | proper | rank | real | regular | reliable | restricting | restrictive | round | settling | shattering | shocking | specific | stark | stark-staring | straight | straight-out | superlative | surpassing | tail | terminal | terminating | terminative | the veriest | thorough | thoroughgoing | through and through | total | ultimate | unambiguous | unbearable | uncircumscribed | unconditional | unconditioned | unconscionable | undeniable | undoubting | unequivocal | unhampered | unhesitating | unlimited | unmistakable | unmitigated | unqualified | unquestioning | unrelieved | unreserved | unrestricted | unspoiled | unwaivable | utter | whole | without exception | without reserve See Also | Definitive In Webster's Dictionary \De*fin"i*tive\, a. [L. definitivus: cf. F.
d['e]finitif.]
1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional;
express.
A strict and definitive truth. --Sir T.
Browne.
Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation.
--Prescott.
2. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word.
3. Determined; resolved. [Obs.] --Shak.
\De*fin"i*tive\, n. (Gram.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns. Note: Definitives . . . are commonly called by grammarians articles. . . . They are of two kinds, either those properly and strictly so called, or else pronominal articles, such as this, that, any, other, some, all, no, none, etc. --Harris (Hermes). |
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