infinite
Pronunciation: /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/
The English word “infinite” has 9 meanings listed here.
adjective
- 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.
noun
- Something that is infinite in nature.
- A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption.
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.
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