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infinitely

[in-fuh-nit]

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adjective

immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.

indefinitely or exceedingly great: infinite sums of money.

unlimited or unmeasurable in extent of space, duration of time, etc.: the infinite nature of outer space.

unbounded or unlimited; boundless; endless: God's infinite mercy.

Mathematics.

not finite.

(of a set) having elements that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with a subset that is not the given set.

noun

something that is infinite.

Mathematics. an infinite quantity or magnitude.

the boundless regions of space.

the Infinite (Being), God.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin infīnītus boundless. See in-³, finite

Related forms

in·fi·nite·ly, adverb

in·fi·nite·ness, noun

non·in·fi·nite, adjective, noun

non·in·fi·nite·ly, adverb

non·in·fi·nite·ness, noun

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qua·si-in·fi·nite, adjective

qua·si-in·fi·nite·ly, adverb

su·per·in·fi·nite, adjective

su·per·in·fi·nite·ly, adverb

su·per·in·fi·nite·ness, noun

un·in·fi·nite, adjective

un·in·fi·nite·ly, adverb

un·in·fi·nite·ness, noun

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
1. enormous, immense, tremendous.

Antonyms
1. small, limited.

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Example Sentences

Yes, there would be infinitely better ways to spend the money.

Your future misery will be infinitely greater than your present conception of misery.

But thanks to computing power the products have become infinitely more malleable.

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Yes, there would be infinitely better ways to spend the money.

Your future misery will be infinitely greater than your present conception of misery.

But thanks to computing power the products have become infinitely more malleable.

What was infinitely more interesting and revealing was how the soldiers carried on in these situations.

The second part of the answer lies in the fact that stars and galaxies are not infinitely long-lived.

Think of an infinitely small ice-cream scoop flecked with sprinkles.

With their infinitely configurable touch-screens, iDevices make pretty much perfect universal remotes.

Faculty members who infinitely defer retirement should stop complaining about the lack of jobs for their graduate students.

The different styles have different strap possibilities, and all are pretty infinitely adjustable.

The big advantage that the north had is not infinitely self-perpetuating.

Unfortunately, it is not an easy task to compute what fraction of the infinitely many observers perceive what.

Skinner's behaviorism-the idea that people are almost infinitely malleable and that characteristics such.

Such technologies would be infinitely faster and more efficient than present-day computing and information systems.

It has one long sequence that is infinitely moving, surrounded by material that is more or less routine.

Obligations to financial interests are sacrosanct in this country while obligations to teachers are infinitely negotiable.

The world is infinitely expandable, in other words.

Putting humans in the mix makes things infinitely more complicated and expensive.

We could enumerate these kinds of combinations infinitely.

Humvees are infinitely configurable, and are great off-roaders.

As a result, they float infinitely better in powder, maneuver readily through turns and have more stability.

These are infinitely more fun that administrative team building exercises.

There is infinitely better reasons to cut farm subsidies and other market-distorting, consumer-harming fiscal policies.

Matter in motion would occupy each moment in time infinitely if it were not for the force of black holes.

But in terms of aesthetics and comfort, air travelers today are infinitely poorer.

Killing these infinitely renewing cells could be key to halting the disease.

Yet the ethics of medicine are not infinitely adaptable.

Imagine a novel that was infinitely scalable, infinitely malleable.

The prosody is infinitely variable, and dialectal differences also cause problems.

No computer, even if infinitely powerful, can ever hope to hold a candle to the conscious human brain.

However, the essential point is that the universe must have had a beginning and that it cannot be eternal and infinitely old.

Should be interesting to see what they've come up with with an infinitely larger marketing budget.

In the real world, molecules can move freely in infinitely many directions, at infinitely many speeds.

Languages developed and became infinitely diversified as a result of bands of groups exploring new territory etc.

Of course they're infinitely faster than cell phones.

Infinity is a mathematical idea required for maths, and in this subject, some infinities are infinitely greater than others.

Book publishing is infinitely more fragmented and conflicted than any other media industry.

I'll give you odds that he can come up with a dozen snappy names that are infinitely and enduringly better.

The default rate would be infinitely higher if the consequences were not so dire.

It is infinitely more comfortable and pleasant than any airplane, not to mention convenient and actually on time.

Rather than explaining the complexities of life, you make them infinitely more complex.

Vectors are way smaller in file-size and are infinitely zoomable, staying crisp all the way.

Slow-moving traffic may serve the objective infinitely better than attempts to increase the flow of traffic.

Yes manned flight is infinitely more expensive than unmanned drones, but filet mignon is considerably more expensive than gruel.

Things go on this way forever, infinitely various and frighteningly lovely.

Its an unlikely pairing, but one that infinitely works.

Your nest egg might look infinitely more impressive if you had started investing.

These things can't be digitised and infinitely replicated.

So if the spacetime is infinitely curved near a singularity the photons would be trapped and sucked in to the singularity.

Don't let the dog drag you to the ground, where you will be infinitely more vulnerable.

Now suppose infinitely many new guests arrive, sweaty and short-tempered.

Without meaningful careers with decent salaries, paying those costs becomes infinitely more difficult.

The darkness implies that the universe is not infinitely old, as scientists once thought.

At the same time it represents death as something infinitely more relentless.

Nations find it infinitely more difficult to get out of wars and military occupations than to get into them.

But it would be infinitely more important to determine global peace trends following amnesties or their absence.

There are infinitely more abused and cramped horses in the world than there are killer whales.

The feeling was of a vast room, with the beams serving as mighty pillars of infinitely high outer walls.

They have become in effect artificial persons with infinitely greater power than.

Things go on this way forever, infinitely various and fright.

But the muscles could be used in infinitely delicate surgical procedures such as angioplasty and the isolation of tumors.

Such tragedy, and yet he is infinitely more appealing for the way he has reacted.

In that sense there is no distinction between the arrival of that information instantaneously or infinitely into the future.

Her quick changes of mood indicated that the sprite was infinitely capricious.

Zeno's arrow would never reach the target if space and time could be infinitely divisible.

Her ties were infinitely stronger to her mother's side.

We live in a quantum non-local universe where everything is infinitely interconnected.

The moment is bad for them, but infinitely worse for one person standing backstage who hears it clearly.

For the rest, it's between nuclear and fossil, and nuclear is infinitely better than fossil from an environmental perspective.

Advances in phone technology have made travel infinitely more convenient.

There are infinitely many possible solutions that fit the data.

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World English Dictionary

infinite (ˈɪnfɪnɪt)

—*adj*
1.	a. having no limits or boundaries in time, space, extent, or magnitude
	b. (as noun; preceded by the): the infinite
2.	extremely or immeasurably great or numerous: infinite wealth
3.	all-embracing, absolute, or total: God's infinite wisdom
4.	maths
	a. having an unlimited number of digits, factors, terms, members, etc: an infinite series
	b. (of a set) able to be put in a one-to-one correspondence with part of itself
	c. Compare finite (of an integral) having infinity as one or both limits of integration

'infinitely

—*adv*

'infiniteness

—n

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Word Origin & History

infinite

c.1385, from L. infinitus "unbounded, unlimited," from in- "not" + finitus "defining, definite," from finis "end" (see finish).

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infinite

(ĭn'fə-nĭt) Pronunciation Key

Relating to a set that can be put into a one-to-one correspondence with some proper subset of its own members.
Relating to or being a numerical quantity describing the size of such a set.
Being without an upper or lower numerical bound.

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