definites
- 1Plural of definite.
Linguists distinguish definites from indefinites by how their referents are identified.
The article "the" signals that definites point to a specific, identifiable thing.
Note
A plural that only the noun can form: the adjective definite, as in a definite answer, never takes an -s. In practice the plural belongs to linguistics, where definites are words or phrases that pick out an identified person or thing, and they are set against indefinites. An older noun meaning anything defined or determined is now obsolete, so outside grammar the plural is rarely heard.
definites is a form of definite
definite, noun: A word or phrase that points to a specified or identified person or thing. Full entry
- Forms
- definitedefinites plural
- Spelling
- definite → definites: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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