infinite
Meaning
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- Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
- Infinitely many.
- Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
- Having infinitely many elements.
- Not limited by person or number.
- Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
Synonyms
unnumerable
endlessly deep
limitness
ever-lasting
infinitely great
measureless immeasurable
enormous
inf
millioned
Frequency
Hyphenated as
in‧fi‧nite
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/
Etymology
From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and Latin infīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -itus. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.
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