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definitive
English
Etymology
From Middle French définitif.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??f?n.?t.?v/
Adjective
definitive (comparative more definitive, superlative most definitive)
- explicitly defined
- conclusive or decisive
- definite, authoritative and complete
- 1838, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic
- Some definitive […] scheme of reconciliation.
- 1838, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic
- limiting; determining
- (philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
- (obsolete) Determined; resolved.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, V. i. 424:
- Never crave him. We are definitive.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, V. i. 424:
Derived terms
- definitively
Translations
Noun
definitive (plural definitives)
- (grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
- (philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
- Synonym: definitive stamp
Translations
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /defini?tive/
- Rhymes: -ive
Adverb
definitive
- definitively
German
Adjective
definitive
- inflection of definitiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
definitive
- feminine plural of definitivo
Anagrams
- definitevi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /de?.fi?.ni??ti?.u?e/, [d?e?fi?ni??t?i?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.fi.ni?ti.ve/, [d??fini?t?i?v?]
Adjective
d?f?n?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of d?f?n?t?vus
References
- definitive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- definitive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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scholarly
English
Etymology
scholar +? -ly
Pronunciation
Adjective
scholarly (comparative more scholarly, superlative most scholarly)
- Characteristic of a scholar.
- Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:learned
Derived terms
Related terms
- scholastically
Translations
Adverb
scholarly (comparative more scholarly, superlative most scholarly)
- (US) In a scholarly manner
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- what scholarly sources
- scholarly meaning
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