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1. Something that is definitive provides a firm conclusion that cannot be questioned. No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so... ADJ: usu ADJ n • definitively The Constitution did not definitively rule out divorce. ADV 2. A definitive book or performance is thought to be the best of its kind that has ever been done or that will ever be done. His ‘An Orkney Tapestry’ is still the definitive book on the islands. ADJ: usu ADJ n
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English diffinityf, from Anglo-French diffinitive, from Latin definitivus, from definitus Date: 14th century 1. serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation a ~ victory 2. authoritative and apparently exhaustive a ~ edition 3. a. serving to define or specify precisely ~ laws b. serving as a perfect example ; quintessential a ~ bourgeois 4. fully differentiated or developed a ~ organ 5. of a postage stamp issued as a regular stamp for the country or territory in which it is to be used Synonyms: see conclusive • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1951 a ~ postage stamp — compare provisional ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 (of an answer, treaty, verdict, etc.) decisive, unconditional, final. Usage Often confused in this sense with definite, which does not have connotations of authority and conclusiveness: a definite no is a firm refusal, whereas a definitive no is an authoritative judgement or decision that something is not the case. 2 (of an edition of a book etc.) most authoritative. 3 Philately (of a series of stamps) for permanent use, not commemorative etc. Derivatives definitively adv. Etymology: ME f. OF definitif -ive f. L definitivus (as DEFINE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. грам. определяющее слово 2. окончательный; бесповоротный (о решении) definitive answer —- окончательный ответ 3. полный, точный definitive name —- полное имя definitive edition —- академическое издание definitive text of a poem —- полный (канонический) текст поэмы 4. отличительный, характерный; существенный definitive distinctions —- отличительные признаки 5. грам. определяющий; определительный; выступающий в функции определения 6. биол. вполне развитой, дефинитивный definitive organs —- вполне развитые органы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) окончательный; решительный; безусловный 2) biol. вполне развитой, дефинитивный Syn: see conclusive ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 usually before noun a definitive book, study of something etc is considered to be the best ever produced and cannot be improved (She has written the definitive book on the poet Wordsworth.) 2 a definitive statement, verdict etc will not be changed - definitively adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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