absoluut — meaning in English

English meaning

• absolute adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
• absolutely adv Completely and without qualification.
• implicit adj Suggested or understood without being directly stated.

Senses

absoluut is used for these senses in English:

• absolute Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory. [first attested in the mid 1500s]
• absolute Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. [first attested around 1400]
• absolute Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed. [first attested in the mid 1500s]
• absolute (especially, philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards. [first attested in the late 1700s]
• absolute (of an, adjective form) Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
• absolutely In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
• absolutely Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.
• absolutely Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

absolute — full definition

1. adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
2. adj Measured independently, without reference to anything else for comparison.
3. noun Something that exists as a fixed, unconditional truth or standard.

absolutely — full definition

1. adv Completely and without qualification.
2. intj Used to express strong agreement.

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