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   infinite

   /ˈɪnfɪnət/

   adjective

   • 1. limitless or endless in space, extent, or size; impossible to measure or calculate: "the infinite mercy of God" Similar boundlessunboundedunlimitedlimitlesswithout limitwithout endnever-endinginterminablecosmicmeasurelessimmeasurablefathomlessunfathomedbottomlessextensivevastcountlessuncountableinestimableindeterminableinnumerablenumberlessimmeasurableincalculableuntoldvery manygreatvastenormousimmenseprodigiousmultitudinousrare:innumerousunnumberableOpposite limitedlimitedsmall
   • ▪ very great in amount or degree: "he bathed the wound with infinite care" Similar very greatimmensesupremeabsolutetotalrealendlessunendingunlimitedinformal:no end ofOpposite very little
   • ▪ greater than any assignable quantity or countable number.
   • ▪ (of a series) able to be continued indefinitely.
   • 2. another term for non-finite

   noun

   • 1. a space or quantity that is infinite: "beyond the infinite, the space traveller is transformed"
   • ▪ God: "intimations of the infinite"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin infinitus, from in- ‘not’ + finitus ‘finished, finite’ (see finite).

   Derivatives

   • 1. infiniteness noun

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