infinitive

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Pronunciation
/ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/
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/ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/ · /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv/

Definition of infinitive

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).
    “The MANNERS of acting, in grammar called modes or moods, are four; Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive or Conjunctive.”
    “There are four moods, the Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, and Subjunctive. [...] the Infinitive is used to express a thing in a general manner.”
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noun

  1. The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).
    “The MANNERS of acting, in grammar called modes or moods, are four; Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive or Conjunctive.”
    “There are four moods, the Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, and Subjunctive. [...] the Infinitive is used to express a thing in a general manner.”
  2. A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.
  3. A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Formed with the infinitive.
    “INFINITIVE MOOD or MANNER. To Have, Avoir.”
    “In English there are four moods:–1. The Infinitive Mood. 2. The Indicative Mood. 3. the Imperative Mood. 4. The Subjunctive Mood.”
  2. (not-comparable)Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
    “[…] to search out in some higher region of infinitive space a spot where it was impossible for defilement to follow them […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.

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