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diffinitive

diffinitive is the alternative form of definitive.

Meaning of definitive

Adjective

definitive (comparative more definitive, superlative most definitive)

  1. Explicitly defined.
  2. Determining finally, conclusive, decisive.
    • definitive vote
  3. Definite, authoritative and complete.
    • A strict and definitive truth.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
  4. Limiting; determining.
    • a definitive word
  5. General, not issued for commemorative purposes.
  6. (obsolete) Determined; resolved.
    • Never crave him. We are definitive.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Forms of diffinitive

comparativemore diffinitive
superlativemost diffinitive

Origin of diffinitive

For definitive.

Questions about diffinitive

What is diffinitive the alternative form of?
Diffinitive is the alternative form of definitive.

Words near diffinitive in the dictionary

  1. diffidently
  2. diffidentness
  3. Diffie-Hellman
  4. diffine
  5. diffing
  6. diffinitive
  7. diffission
  8. diffix
  9. diffixes
  10. difflation
  11. difflations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diffinitive (page history and authors); definitive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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