different between adjustable vs indefinite
adjustable
English
Etymology
adjust +? -able
Adjective
adjustable (comparative more adjustable, superlative most adjustable)
- capable of being adjusted
Translations
Noun
adjustable (plural adjustables)
- Anything that can be adjusted.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- "He came in. He had a gun. He was crazy. You can see he was crazy; look what he did to Ricky. He thought Ricky was me. He wanted to steal my adjustables. Look."
Sonny smiled and tilted the steel case so Henry could look at the jumble of rusty ironmongery inside.
- "He came in. He had a gun. He was crazy. You can see he was crazy; look what he did to Ricky. He thought Ricky was me. He wanted to steal my adjustables. Look."
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
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indefinite
English
Etymology
From Late Latin ind?f?n?tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d?f?n?t/
- Hyphenation: in?def?i?nite
Adjective
indefinite (comparative more indefinite, superlative most indefinite)
- Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
- Vague or unclear.
- Undecided or uncertain.
- (mathematics) Being an integral without specified limits.
- (linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things
- the indefinite article
Synonyms
- (without limit): unlimited, unrestricted
- (vague or unclear): hazy; see also Thesaurus:indistinct or Thesaurus:vague
- (undecided or uncertain): indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive, unsure
- (an integral without specified limits):
- (designating an unspecified thing):
Derived terms
- indefinitely
- indefinite article
- indefiniteness
- indef
Related terms
- indeterminate
Translations
Noun
indefinite (plural indefinites)
- (grammar) A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
Italian
Adjective
indefinite f pl
- feminine plural of indefinito
Latin
Adjective
ind?f?n?te
- vocative masculine singular of ind?f?n?tus
References
- indefinite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- indefinite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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