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finitive

finitive adjective: indicating a definite boundary.

Adjective

finitive (not comparable)

  1. Indicating a definite boundary.
    • The finitive extensions turn an unbounded action into a bounded one, with a distinct end-point implied, e.g., changing "to cut" into "to cut off."1995, Christopher Ehret, Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian) (page 30)

Questions about finitive

What does finitive mean?
Finitive means indicating a definite boundary.
What part of speech is finitive?
Finitive is an adjective.

Words near finitive in the dictionary

  1. finitising
  2. finitism
  3. finitist
  4. finitistic
  5. finitists
  6. finitive
  7. finitizability
  8. finitizable
  9. finitization
  10. finitizations
  11. finitize

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