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definite

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1. definite - Noun

2. definite - Adjective

3. definite - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.

Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.

Determined; resolved.

Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.

A thing defined or determined.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice. Arnold J. Toynbee

All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite. Charles Sanders Peirce

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. Eleanor Roosevelt

Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems. Fritz Sauckel

With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs. James Thurber

We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone. Arthur Miller

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