indefinite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin indēfīnītus.
Morphologically in- + definite.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: in‧def‧i‧nite
Adjective
[edit]indefinite (comparative more indefinite, superlative most indefinite)
- Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
- Your accout will be suspended for an indefinite period of time.
- Vague or unclear.
- She gave an indefinite answer which nobody really understood.
- Undecided or uncertain.
- I'm still indefinite about what I'm going to study at college.
- (mathematics) Being an integral without specified limits.
- Don't forget to add the +C when calculating indefinite integrals.
- (linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things
- the indefinite article
Synonyms
[edit]- (without limit): unlimited, unrestricted
- (vague or unclear): hazy; see also Thesaurus:indistinct or Thesaurus:vague
- (undecided or uncertain): indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive, unsure
- (an integral without specified limits):
- (designating an unspecified thing):
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite
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vague or unclear
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undecided or uncertain
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an integral without specified limits
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(linguistics) designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing
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Noun
[edit]indefinite (plural indefinites)
- (grammar) A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]indefinite f pl
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]indēfīnīte
References
[edit]- “indefinite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- indefinite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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