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   absolute

   /ˈabsəluːt/

   adjective

   • 1. not qualified or diminished in any way; total: "absolute secrecy" Similar completetotalutterout-and-outoutrightentireperfectpuredecidedthoroughthoroughgoingundividedunqualifiedunadulteratedunalloyedunmodifiedunreserveddownrightundilutedsolidconsummateunmitigatedsheerarrantrankdyed-in-the-woolplenaryperemptoryOpposite partialqualified
   • ▪ used for emphasis when expressing an opinion: "the policy is absolute folly" Similar definitecertainpositiveunconditionalcategoricalunquestionableundoubtedunequivocaldecisiveconclusiveconfirmedmanifestinfallibleOpposite partialqualified
   • ▪ (of powers or rights) not subject to any limitation; unconditional: "no one dare challenge her absolute authority" Similar unlimitedunrestrictedunrestrainedunboundedunboundboundlessinfiniteultimatetotalsupremeunconditionalfulluttersovereignomnipotentOpposite conditional
   • ▪ (of a ruler) having unrestricted power: "Dom Miguel proclaimed himself absolute monarch" Similar autocraticdespoticdictatorialtyrannicaltyrannousauthoritarianarbitraryimperiousdomineeringhigh-handeddraconianautonomoussovereignautarchicautarchicalanti-democraticOpposite constitutional
   • ▪ (of a decree) final: "the decree of nullity was made absolute"
   • 2. viewed or existing independently and not in relation to other things; not relative or comparative: "absolute moral standards" Similar universalfixedindependentnon-relativenon-variableabsolutistrigidestablishedsetsettleddefinitedecidedirrevocableunalterableunquestionableauthoritativeincontrovertiblein black and whiteOpposite relativeflexible
   • 3. (of a construction) syntactically independent of the rest of the sentence, as in dinner being over, we left the table.
   • ▪ (of a transitive verb) used without an expressed object (e.g. guns kill).
   • ▪ (of an adjective) used without an expressed noun (e.g. the brave).

   noun

   • 1. a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things: "good and evil are presented as absolutes"
   • ▪ something that exists without being dependent on anything else.
   • ▪ ultimate reality; God.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere (see absolve).

   Derivatives

   • 1. absoluteness noun

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   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! The meaning of ABSOLUTE is free from imperfection : perfect. How to use absolute in a sentence.

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   • Use absolute as a noun or an adjective when you're so sure of something that you know it will never change. For example, a devout person's belief in life after death is an absolute; that person has absolute faith in the afterlife.

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   • absolute address. something that is not dependent upon external conditions for existence or for its specific nature, size, etc. ( relative). something that is free from any restriction or condition. something that is independent of some or all relations. something that is perfect or complete.

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   • An absolute fool. Something that is absolute. Something regarded as the ultimate basis of all thought and being. Used with the. Something regarded as independent of and unrelated to anything else. Without any conditions, encumbrance, qualification, or restriction. See also discretion, divorce, immunity, privilege, and fee.

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   • absolute temperature. Education. noting or pertaining to the scale of a grading system based on an individual's performance considered as representing their knowledge of a given subject regardless of the performance of others in a group: Compare curve ( def ). The math department grades on an absolute scale. absolute maximum temperature.

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   Absolute definition: free from imperfection; complete; perfect. See examples of ABSOLUTE used in a sentence.

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   Use absolute as a noun or an adjective when you're so sure of something that you know it will never change. For example, a devout person's belief in life after death is an absolute ; that person has absolute faith in the afterlife.

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   ABSOLUTE meaning: 1. very great or to the largest degree possible: 2. used when expressing a strong opinion: 3…. Learn more.

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   Something that is absolute. Something regarded as the ultimate basis of all thought and being. Used with the. Something regarded as independent of and unrelated to anything else. Without any conditions, encumbrance, qualification, or restriction. See also discretion, divorce, immunity, privilege, and fee.