Definite
['defɪnɪt] or ['dɛfɪnət]
Definition
(adj.) known for certain; 'it is definite that they have won' .
(adj.) precise; explicit and clearly defined; 'I want a definite answer'; 'a definite statement of the terms of the will'; 'a definite amount'; 'definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol'; 'the wedding date is now definite'; 'a definite drop in attendance' .
Checked by Giselle--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.
(a.) Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
(a.) Determined; resolved.
(a.) Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.
(n.) A thing defined or determined.
Editor: Margie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Determinate, defined, precisely bounded.[2]. Precise, exact, determined, certain.[3]. (Gram.) Limiting, defining.
Typist: Theodore
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Clear, specified, determined, definitive, restricted, specific, certain,ascertained, precise, exact, fixed, limited, bounded, positive
ANT:Vague, unspecified, undetermined, indefinite, obscure, confused, intermingled
Editor: Natasha
Examples
- This means that definite coordinations of activities of the eyes in seeing and of the body and head in striking are perfected in a few trials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This signifies the capacity to acquire habits, or develop definite dispositions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- If a delicately made magnet is suspended as in Figure 223, and is allowed to swing freely, it will always assume a definite north and south position. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Iron filings scattered over a magnet arrange themselves in definite lines. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The Commission does not say, and I for one, ascribe the silence to the American preoccupation with immediate, definite, tangible interests. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There must be a definite best, which is the right thing, in these matters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He moved about a great deal, his life seemed uncertain, without any definite rhythm, any organic meaning. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The ideas and methods of Murdoch and Lebon soon took definite shape, and coal smoke was piped from its place of origin to distant points of consumption. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She would not fix any definite time--she still wavered. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In later years these ideas developed into a definite political theory and policy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I shall glance into the case for you, said Holmes, rising, and I have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The socialism of the Fabians soon became a definite legislative program which the various political parties were to be bulldozed, cajoled and tricked into enacting. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- When the cell consists of copper, zinc, and dilute sulphuric acid, the electromotive force has a definite value which is always the same no matter what the size or shape of the cell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Louis Pasteur’s work, however, marks the first definite and important results in the study of bacteriology, and he is the father of the germ theory of disease. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The cumulative power of feeble forces acting frequently at definite intervals is seen in many ways in everyday life. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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