絶対 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absolute adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
- absolutely adv Completely and without qualification.
- certainly adv Without any doubt; definitely.
- implicit adj Suggested or understood without being directly stated.
Senses
絶対 is used for these senses in English:
- absolute Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s]
- 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 (especially, philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards. [first attested in the late 1700s]
- absolutely In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
- by a long shot (idiomatic, dated, usually, with a negative) By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.
- certainly Without doubt, surely.
- implicit Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
- never ever (emphatic) never
absolute — full definition
- adj Complete and total, with no exceptions or limits.
- adj Measured independently, without reference to anything else for comparison.
- noun Something that exists as a fixed, unconditional truth or standard.
absolutely — full definition
- adv Completely and without qualification.
- intj Used to express strong agreement.