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infinite

/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/

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What does infinite mean?

adjective

  1. Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
  2. Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
  3. Infinitely many.
More meanings (7)

adjective

  1. Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
  2. Having infinitely many elements.
  3. Not limited by person or number.
  4. Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.

numeral

  1. Infinitely many.

noun

  1. Something that is infinite in nature.
  2. A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɪnfənɪt/
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What an infinite mock is this, that a man should have the best use of eyes to see the way of blindness!
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
When six years old, and lying sick of small-pox, a going watch was placed upon his pillow, which afforded him infinite delight.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725
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Before we proceed to people infinite space, it would be as well, if we surveyed the surface of the earth we inhabit.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
But it was difficult to state intelligibly the grounds of this belief to that man of rigorous logic, if of infinite charity.
Joseph ConradThe Mirror of the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #1058
What an infinite number of generations, which the mind cannot grasp, must have succeeded each other in the long roll of years!
Charles DarwinOn the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #1228