Definitive Meaning
/dɪˈfɪn.ɪ.tɪv/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjexplicitly defined
adjdetermining finally, conclusive, decisive
Sentence Examples
The results were not definitive, but I'm sure the DNA's a match.
The definitive treatise was written by someone with no formal education in the subject.
I can't give you a definitive answer today.
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The results were not ____, but I'm sure the DNA's a match.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French définitif.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A strict and definitive truth."
— 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
"Some definitive […] scheme of reconciliation."
— 1838, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: American Stationers’ Company; John B. Russell, →OCLC:
"Never crave him. We are definitive."
— c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], line 424:
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