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absolute definition
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Grep of noun absolute ablative absolute absolute absolute alcohol absolute ceiling absolute frequency absolute magnitude absolute majority absolute pitch absolute scale absolute space absolute temperature absolute threshold absolute value absolute viscosity absolute zero absoluteness bar absolute Overview of noun absolute The noun absolute has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) absolute -- (something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control; "no mortal being can influence the absolute") Overview of adj absolute The adj absolute has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (11) absolute -- (perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol") 2. (4) absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer -- (complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity") 3. (1) absolute -- (not limited by law; "an absolute monarch") 4. absolute, conclusive -- (expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authority"; "inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal") 5. absolute, total, unconditioned -- (without conditions or limitations; "a total ban") 6. absolute, infrangible, inviolable -- (not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights") Antonyms of adj absolute 6 senses of absolute Sense 1 absolute (vs. relative) relative (vs. absolute) => comparative => qualifying => relational Sense 2 absolute, downright, out-and-out(postnominal), rank(postnominal), right-down, sheer(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA complete) -> incomplete, uncomplete INDIRECT (VIA complete, complete) -> incomplete Sense 3 absolute INDIRECT (VIA arbitrary) -> nonarbitrary, unarbitrary Sense 4 absolute, conclusive INDIRECT (VIA unequivocal) -> equivocal, ambiguous Sense 5 absolute, total, unconditioned INDIRECT (VIA unconditional) -> conditional Sense 6 absolute, infrangible, inviolable INDIRECT (VIA inalienable) -> alienable Similarity of adj absolute 6 senses of absolute Sense 1 absolute (vs. relative) => implicit, unquestioning => independent => infinite => pure, unmixed, undiluted => syntactically independent => very(postnominal) => dead(postnominal), utter(postnominal) => direct => living Sense 2 absolute, downright, out-and-out(postnominal), rank(postnominal), right-down, sheer(postnominal) => complete (vs. incomplete) (vs. incomplete) Sense 3 absolute => arbitrary (vs. nonarbitrary) Sense 4 absolute, conclusive => unequivocal (vs. equivocal), univocal, unambiguous Sense 5 absolute, total, unconditioned => unconditional (vs. conditional) Sense 6 absolute, infrangible, inviolable => inalienable (vs. alienable), unalienable Attributes of adj absolute Familiarity of adj absolute absolute used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj absolute absolute Overview of noun absolute The noun absolute has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) absolute -- (something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control; "no mortal being can influence the absolute") Overview of adj absolute The adj absolute has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (11) absolute -- (perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol") 2. (4) absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer -- (complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity") 3. (1) absolute -- (not limited by law; "an absolute monarch") 4. absolute, conclusive -- (expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authority"; "inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal") 5. absolute, total, unconditioned -- (without conditions or limitations; "a total ban") 6. absolute, infrangible, inviolable -- (not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights")
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