absolute
ab·so·lute
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”
expressing finality with no implication of possible change
- “an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation”
- “;”
noun
Origin
First attested around 1380. From Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional; unfettered; completed”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, set free, complete”), from ab (“away”) + solvo (“to loose”). Influenced in part by Old French absolu. Compare absolve.
Phrases
- ablative absolute
- absolute address
- absolute advantage
- absolute alcohol
- absolute altimeter
- absolute altitude
- absolute assembler
- absolute blocking
- dative absolute
- decree absolute
- degree absolute
- locative absolute
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