Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With indifiniteness; without settled limitation or precision; infinitely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb For a long time, no end defined
- adverb
Forever
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time
Etymologies
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Examples
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Déby lock up the opposition, or Paul Biya extend his term indefinitely is kind of beside the point.
FP Passport 2010
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It sure wasn't to train indefinitely in California or Hawaii.
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If large US military forces remain indefinitely in the Muslim world, with the United States continuing to express a firm desire for an indefinite military presence in the region, then I see two things that could happen.
Matthew Yglesias » Muslims Want Us Out of the Middle East 2009
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Sullivan has been suspended indefinitely from the fire department (NOT connected with his claims ...)
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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That a city whose next mayor might not be reelected indefinitely is a city circling the drain.
Kelly Kleiman: Democracy Is Not a Tragedy Kelly Kleiman 2010
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The most obvious recent signs are the increasing arbitrary executive power (or claim thereof) to spy on everybody, detain indefinitely, kill at will.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Rise of the New Paternalism” 2010
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Whole Word is impractical because it relies 100% on information you can retain indefinitely in your brain.
Dolch Words: How Dummies Teach Reading « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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Keeping them imprisoned indefinitely is not the right solution, even if there is no good answer.
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I say lets lift term limits Obama will win indefinitely!!
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That a city whose next mayor might not be reelected indefinitely is a city circling the drain.
Kelly Kleiman: Democracy Is Not a Tragedy Kelly Kleiman 2010
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