What does "infinite" mean?
Something that is infinite in nature.
Infinite
/ˈɪnfᵻnɪt/ adj, noun, num
adj, noun, num ·Common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Something that is infinite in nature.
- Grammar: infinite is listed as adj, noun, num.
- Nearest alternatives: absolute, abysmal, actual infinity, ageless.
- Useful contrasts: finite, infinitesimal, limited.
- Usage evidence: Without hesitating, the dean selects infinite wisdom.
How to use "infinite"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something that is infinite in nature.
"Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love."
- 2 the unlimited expanse in which everything is located wordnet
- 3 A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption.
"[…] prevents overpowered combos and infinites […]"
Adjective
- 1 Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
"The number is so infinite, that verily it would be an easier matter for me to reckon up those that have feared the same."
- 2 Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
"Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite."
- 3 Infinitely many.
"Huxley's theory says that if you provide infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters, some monkey somewhere will eventually create a masterpiece – a play by Shakespeare, a Platonic dialogue, or an economic treatise by Adam Smith."
- 4 Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
- 5 Having infinitely many elements.
"For any infinite set, there is a 1-1 correspondence between it and at least one of its proper subsets. For example, there is a 1-1 correspondence between the set of natural numbers and the set of squares of natural numbers, which is a proper subset of the set of natural numbers."
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- 6 Not limited by person or number.
- 7 Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
Adjective
- 1 total and all-embracing wordnet
- 2 too numerous to be counted wordnet
- 3 having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude wordnet
- 4 (of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive) wordnet
Numeral
- 1 Infinitely many.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Without hesitating, the dean selects infinite wisdom."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "infinite"?
Common synonyms include: absolute, abysmal, actual infinity, ageless, algorismic, algorithmic.
How do you use "infinite" in a sentence?
Without hesitating, the dean selects infinite wisdom.
How do you pronounce "infinite"?
Pronounced /ˈɪnfᵻnɪt/.
Etymology
From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.