infinite

Pluralinfinites

1. 1
   adjective

   Having no end or limit, or too many to count.

   Some people think space is infinite and never ends.

   The children asked if numbers are infinite, and the teacher said yes.

   Similarendless, boundless, limitless, unlimited, unending

   Oppositefinite, limited, bounded

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2. 2
   adjective

   So big or so great that it seems impossible to measure or count.

   My grandmother has infinite patience with the little kids.

   The artist painted each leaf with infinite care.

   Similarvast, immeasurable, inestimable

   Oppositelimited, finite

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3. 3
   adjective

   Used before a plural noun to mean so many that there is no end to them.

   In this game you get infinite lives, so you can never lose.

   The puzzle has infinite answers, so just pick one.

   Similarcountless, innumerable, untold, uncountable, numberless

   Oppositefinite, limited

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4. 4
   adjective

   In math, bigger than any number or amount you can name, with no limit.

   If you keep adding 1 forever, the total is infinite.

   A straight line has infinite length, because it never stops.

   Oppositefinite

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5. 5
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Something that has no end or limit by its nature.

   Looking at the night sky made her think about the infinite.

   Some old thinkers asked if one infinite can be bigger than another.

   Similarinfinity

   Oppositefinite

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6. 6
   adjective

   In math, describes a set that has no end to the number of things in it.

   An infinite set, like the counting numbers, has no last member.

   Is the set of points on a line infinite? Yes, because you can always fit one more point between any two.

   Oppositefinite

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7. 7
   adjective

   In grammar, not tied to any one person (I, you, she) or number (one or many).

   Infinite verb forms stay the same whether the subject is 'I' or 'they'.

   The teacher showed that 'to swim' is infinite and never changes.

   Similarnonfinite

   Oppositefinite

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8. 8
   adjective

   Of a certain kind of music, able to repeat forever because the end leads back to the start.

   The choir sang an infinite canon that circled back again and again.

   The piece is infinite, so the players just stop when they are tired.

   Similarperpetual

   Oppositefinite

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9. 9
   nouncountable

   In video games, a set of moves you can keep doing again and again without being stopped.

   He found an infinite and beat me without letting me move.

   The update removed the infinite from the game.

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