Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Serving to define or identify as distinct from others.
- adjective Supplying or being a final settlement or decision; conclusive: synonym: decisive.
- adjective Authoritative and complete.
- adjective Mass produced in indefinite quantities over an indefinite period of time. Used of postage stamps.
- adjective Biology Fully formed or developed, as an organ or structure.
- noun Grammar A word that defines or limits, such as the definite article or a demonstrative pronoun.
- noun A definitive postage stamp.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make definite.
- Limiting the extent; determinate; positive; express: as, a definitive term.
- Ending; determining; final; conclusive: opposed to conditional, provisional, or interlocutory.
- Specifically— In biology, completely formed; fixed and finished: opposed to primitive or formative: as, the definitive aorta; a definitive anus.
- In logic, applied to a judgment which is accompanied by a full assent of the mind.
- In metaphysics, having position without occupying space.
- noun In grammar, a defining or limiting word, as an article, a demonstrative, or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gram.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns.
- adjective Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.
- adjective Limiting; determining.
- adjective obsolete Determined; resolved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
explicitly defined - adjective
conclusive ordecisive - adjective
definite ,authoritative andcomplete - adjective philately
general , not issued forcommemorative purposes - noun grammar a
word , such as adefinite article ordemonstrative pronoun , that defines orlimits something - noun philately an ordinary
postage stamp that is part of aseries of alldenominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective clearly defined or formulated
- adjective of recognized authority or excellence
- adjective supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
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Examples
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If a disarmament and the group's dissolution were fully implemented, ETA's move—which it referred to as a "definitive" halt to armed activity, rather than a cease-fire—would represent a milestone in Spanish history.
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Dr Patricio Bustos, who directs Chile's Medical Legal Service, announced the autopsy results, which he described as definitive.
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WELNA: Holbrooke told Luger he would go from the hearing back to Afghanistan, where he said he did not yet see what he called a definitive turning point in either direction.
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FEYERICK (on camera): The Commission hopes to provide what it calls the definitive account of 9/11 and ways to save even more lives if a terror attack should happen again.
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Dr. Patricio Bustos, who directs Chile's Medical Legal Service, announced the autopsy results, which he described as definitive.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Dr. Patricio Bustos, who directs Chile's Medical Legal Service, announced the autopsy results, which he described as definitive.
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Dr. Patricio Bustos, who directs Chile's Medical Legal Service, announced the autopsy results, which he described as definitive.
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Feast features a scoring system that brings together a wide range of reviews, ratings and opinions and produces what it calls a definitive score known as the Feast Rank.
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Obama laid out for forging what he termed the definitive partnership of the 21st century.
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Obama laid out for forging what he termed the definitive partnership of the 21st century.
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