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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Definitive \De*fin"i*tive\, a. [L. definitivus: cf. F. d['e]finitif.]
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Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.
A strict and definitive truth.
--Sir T. Browne.Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation.
--Prescott. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word.
Determined; resolved. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Definitive \De*fin"i*tive\, n. (Gram.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns.
Note: Definitives . . . are commonly called by grammarians
articles. . . . They are of two kinds, either those
properly and strictly so called, or else pronominal
articles, such as this, that, any, other, some, all,
no, none, etc.
--Harris (Hermes).
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French definitif (12c.), from Latin definitivus "explanatory, definitive," from past participle stem of definire (see define). Related: Definitively.
Wiktionary
a. 1 explicitly defined 2 conclusive or decisive 3 definite, authoritative and complete 4 Limiting; determining. 5 (context philately English) general, not issued for commemorative purposes 6 (context obsolete English) Determined; resolved. n. 1 (context grammar English) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something 2 (context philately English) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
WordNet
adj. clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney [syn: unequivocal]
of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" [syn: authoritative, classical]
supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem" [syn: determinate]
Wikipedia
Definitive may refer to:
- Definitive (TV series), an American music television series
- Definitive stamp, a postage stamp that is part of a regular issue of a country's stamps available for sale by the postal service
The Definitive is a show on MTV2.
Episode list:
- Episode 2: Animation
- Tupac - "Do For Love"
- Pearl Jam - " Do the Evolution"
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - " Californication"
- Episode 43: Drag
- Aerosmith - "Dude (Looks like a Lady)"
- The Donnas - "Take It Off"
- Eminem - " Without Me"
- Foo Fighters - " Learn to Fly"
- Jane's Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing"
- Madonna - " Express Yourself"
- Marilyn Manson - " The Dope Show"
- Nirvana - " In Bloom"
- No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend"
- Queens of the Stone Age - "Monsters in the Parasol"
- U2 - " One" (drag version)
- Episode 44: Winona
- Beck - "Devil's Haircut"
- Bright Eyes - "Bowl of Oranges"
- Counting Crows - " Mr. Jones"
- Foo Fighters - " Learn to Fly"
- Helmet - "Unsung"
- Pete Yorn - "Life on a Chain"
- The Replacements - "I'll Be You"
- Ryan Adams - " New York, New York"
- Soul Asylum - "Runaway Train"
- Tom Petty - "Into the Great Wide Open"
- The Wallflowers - "6th Avenue Heartache"
Usage examples of "definitive".
It was not until late the following summer that the final, or definitive, Treaty of Paris was signed, and in the intervening time Adams fell once again into a black mood.
Lady Appleton had begun work some time ago on a definitive herbal of hazardous plants.
Dal ton in search of something definitive on deconstructionism or semiotics.
Marx denies the spirit as the definitive substance and affirms historical materialism.
Going beyond modernity means going beyond the barriers and transcendences of Eurocentrism and leads toward the definitive adoption of the field of immanence as the exclusive terrain of the theory and practice of politics.
And if that is not sufficient, if it is still objected that, even so, no period has accorded more attention to human nature, has given it a more stable, more definitive status, or one more directly presented to discourse - one can reply by saying that the very concept of human nature, and the way in which it functioned, excluded any possibility of a Classical science of man.
In other words, Schopenhauer recognizes Kantianism as the definitive liquidation of the humanist revolution.
The paintings of Kokan, who was the first Japanese to produce a copper engraving, are technically excellent and are definitive proof that long before the Meiji Restoration the Japanese had become thoroughly familiar with the mechanics of Western art.
To date there are intriguing hints in theoretical studies that strings may have further substructure, but there is as yet no definitive evidence.
Black Lotus Sutra represents the final, definitive teaching of the Buddha, and contains the essential, perfect, ultimate law of human existence and cosmic totality.
As to the German Princes, who were awaiting the issue of events either at Altolna or Hamburg, when they learned that a definitive treaty of peace had been signed between France and Russia, and that two days after the Treaty of Tilsit the Prussian monarchy was placed at the mercy of Napoleon, every courier that arrived threw them into indescribable agitation.
Our calculations yielded bits and pieces of supporting circumstantial evidence, but we could not find definitive proof.
But precise and definitive physical conclusions, such as the mass of the electron or the strength of the weak force, require equations that are far more exact than the present approximate framework.
He sought that decisive counter-weapon and that definitive counterstrategy that could drive Edward out of Calais and back across the Channel.
Dave, Terry and I decided to write the definitive paper showing all the new set of lesions and their confirmation of the model.