absolute in English dictionary

  • absolute

    Meanings and definitions of "absolute"

    • Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command.
    • Complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless.
    • 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.
    • (rare) Positive; clear; certain; not doubtful.
    • (rare) Authoritative; peremptory.
    • (chemistry) Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
    • (grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute . (See ablative absolute.)
    • That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental.
    • (geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Absolved; free. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the mid 17 th century.]Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Disengaged from accidental circumstances. [Attested from around 1350 until 1470.]
    • adjective
      (archaic)
      Complete in itself; perfect. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
    • adjective
      (grammar)
      Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Absorbed in, as an occupation. [Attested only in the late 15 th century.]
    • adjective
      Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol. [First attested in the mid 16 th century.]
    • adjective
      (figuratively)
      Complete; utter; outright; unmitigated; entire; total; not qualified or diminished in any way; unrestricted; without limitation. [First attested in the late 16 th century.]
    • adjective
      Unconditional; free from any conditions, limitations, and relations; [First attested in the late 15 th century.]
    • adjective
      Authoritative; peremptory.
    • adjective
      Positive; unquestionable; peremptory. [First attested in the early 17 th century.]
    • adjective
      Real; actual. [First attested in the early 17 th century.]
    • adjective
      (archaic)
      Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty, as a person or prediction. [First attested in the early 17 th century.]
    • adjective
      Free from conditional limitations; operating or existing in full under all circumstances without variation. [First attested in the early 17 th century.]
    • adjective
      (law)
      Complete; unconditional; final; without encumbrances; not liable to change or cancellation.
    • adjective
      (philosophy)
      Existing, able to be thought of, or able to be viewed without relation to other things. [First attested in the late 18 th century.]
    • adjective
      (philosophy)
      Fundamental; ultimate; intrinsic; free from the variability and error natural to the human way of thinking and perception. [First attested in the late 18 th century.]
    • adjective
      (physics)
      Independent of arbitrary units of measurement not comparative or relative.
    • adjective
      (education)
      Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
    • adjective
      (art)
      Concerned entirely with expressing beauty and feelings, lacking meaningful reference.
    • adjective
      (dance)
      Utilizing the body to express ideas, independent of music and costumes.
    • adjective
      (mathematics)
      As measured using an absolute value.
    • adjective
      (mathematics)
      Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers; unconditional.
    • noun
      That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental. [First attested in the mid 19 th century.]
    • noun
      Anything that is absolute. [First attested in the mid 19 th century.]
    • noun
      (geometry)
      In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
    • noun
      (philosophy, usually capitalized)
      A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
    • noun
      (philosophy, usually capitalized)
      The unity of spirit and nature; God.
    • noun
      (philosophy, usually capitalized)
      The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.
    • noun
      Concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes.
    • Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects.
    • Complete in itself.
    • Loosed from any limitation or condition.
    • loosed from any limitation or condition
    • complete in itself
    • viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects
    • loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being
    • capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone
    • rare: positive; clear
    • chemistry: pure; unmixed
    • grammar: not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government
    • that which is independent of context-dependent interpretation
    • adjective
      complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
    • adjective
      expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"
    • adjective
      not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights"
    • adjective
      not limited by law; "an absolute monarch"
    • adjective
      perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
    • noun
      a highly aromatic, concentrated oily mixture extracted from plants, used in perfumery and aromatherapy.
      Whereas essential oils can typically be produced through steam distillation, absolutes require the use of solvent extraction techniques or more traditionally, through enfleurage.
    • noun
      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; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"

    Synonyms of "absolute" in English dictionary

    abstract, right-down, unequivocal are the top synonyms of "absolute" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "absolute" in English dictionary

    relative is the antonym of "absolute" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of absolute

    • absolute ( plural  absolutes)
    • absolute ( comparative more absolute or ( rarely) absoluter, superlative most absolute or ( rarely) absolutest)
    • absolute (comparative more absolute or absoluter, superlative most absolute or absolutest)
    • absolute (plural absolutes)
  • Absolute

    Meanings and definitions of "absolute"

    • (philosophy) the ultimate basis of reality.
    • that which is totally unconditioned, unrestricted, pure, perfect, or complete.
    • noun
      (philosophy)
      That which is totally unconditioned, unrestricted, pure, perfect, or complete; that which can be thought of without relation to others. [First attested in the mid 19 th century.]Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9
    • Absolute (philosophy)

    Grammar and declension of absolute

    • Absolute ( plural  Absolutes)
    • Absolute (plural Absolutes)
  • ABSOLUTE
  • ABSolute

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