Definition
Meaning of 'absolute'
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. [ a.]- 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. [ n.]Meaning of 'absolute' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. absolute [ n]
[ 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
- 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]
[ a]Meaning (2):
- perfect or complete or pure
- perfect or complete or pure
Example in sentence:
- absolute alcohol;
- absolute loyalty;
- absolute silence;
- absolute truth
3. absolute [ s]
[ s]Meaning (3):
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- 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
- 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
- not limited by law
Example in sentence:
- an absolute monarch
Meaning (6):
- not capable of being violated or infringed
- not capable of being violated or infringed
Example in sentence:
- infrangible human rights
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