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Meaning of 'absolute' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Absolute [ a.]
- Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
- Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
- Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
- Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
- Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
- Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
- Authoritative; peremptory.
- Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
- Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. See Ablative absolute, under Ablative.
2 . Absolute [ n.]
- In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

Meaning of 'absolute' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . absolute [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative
Example in sentence:
  • no mortal being can influence the absolute
2 . absolute [ a]
Meaning (2):
- perfect or complete or pure
Example in sentence:
  • absolute alcohol;
  • absolute loyalty;
  • absolute silence;
  • absolute truth
3 . absolute [ s]
Meaning (3):
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • a downright lie;
  • a rank outsider;
  • absolute freedom;
  • an absolute dimwit;
  • an out-and-out lie;
  • got the job through sheer persistence;
  • many right-down vices;
  • out-and-out mayhem;
  • sheer stupidity
Meaning (4):
- expressing finality with no implication of possible change
Example in sentence:
  • an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority
Meaning (5):
- not limited by law
Example in sentence:
  • an absolute monarch
Meaning (6):
- not capable of being violated or infringed
Example in sentence:
  • infrangible human rights

Nearby Words:

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