absolute

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Pronunciation
/ˈæb.səˌljuːt/
/ˈæb.səˌlut/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental.

Example Sentences
  • moral absolutes
2 Definition

Anything that is absolute.

3 Definition

In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

4 Definition

(usually capitalized) A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.

5 Definition

(usually capitalized) The unity of spirit and nature; God.

6 Definition

(usually capitalized) The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.

7 Definition

A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.

Adjective
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.

Example Sentences
  • 1658, Samuel Hoard, God[']s Love to Mankind, Manifested, by disprooving his absolute decree for their damnation
2 Definition

Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.

Example Sentences
  • absolute purity, absolute liberty
3 Definition

Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.

Example Sentences
  • absolute alcohol
4 Definition

Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.

Example Sentences
  • When caught, he told an absolute lie.   an absolute denial of all charges
5 Definition

Positive, certain; unquestionable.

6 Definition

Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).

7 Definition

Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.

Example Sentences
  • Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.
8 Definition

Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.

Example Sentences
  • absolute velocity, absolute motion, absolute position
9 Definition

(grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".

10 Definition

As measured using an absolute value.

Example Sentences
  • absolute deviation
11 Definition

Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.

12 Definition

Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.

13 Definition

Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.

Example Sentences
  • absolute music
14 Definition

Absolved; free.