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bare infinitives

bare infinitives is the plural of bare infinitive.

Meaning of bare infinitive

Noun

bare infinitive (plural bare infinitives)

  1. The infinitive form of an English verb without the particle to; a comparable infinitive in other Germanic languages, e.g. a German infinitive without a preceding "zu", or a Swedish one without a preceding "att".

Questions about bare infinitives

What is bare infinitives the plural of?
Bare infinitives is the plural of bare infinitive.

Words near bare infinitives in the dictionary

  1. bare handed
  2. bare handing
  3. bare hands
  4. bare in mind
  5. bare infinitive
  6. bare infinitives
  7. bare it all
  8. bare king
  9. bare knuckle
  10. bare knuckled
  11. bare knuckles

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