infinitive
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/
The English word “infinitive” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).
- A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.
- A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.
adjective
- Formed with the infinitive.
- Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
Etymology
From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.
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