indefinite
Syllables: in·def·i·nite/ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/
indefinite adjective: without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
Adjective
indefinite (comparative more indefinite, superlative most indefinite)
- Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
- Your account will be suspended for an indefinite period of time.
- A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the government from enforcing a controversial statute about the indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects.2012 September 12, Charlie Savage, “Judge Rules Against Law on Indefinite Detention”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- unlimited, unrestricted
- Vague or unclear.
- She gave an indefinite answer which nobody really understood.
- Synonyms:
- hazy
- Undecided or uncertain.
- I'm still indefinite about what I'm going to study at college.
- Synonyms:
- undefined, indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive, unsure
- Being an integral without specified limits.
- Don't forget to m the +C when calculating indefinite integrals.
- Synonyms:
- primitive, antiderivative
- Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
- the indefinite article
Noun
indefinite (plural indefinites)
- A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
indefinite meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
indefinite in Hindi
- indefinite
- अनिश्चित aniścit
indefinite in Tamil
- அறுதியற்ற, வரையறையற்ற, உள் குறை, குறிப்பிடாத, வரையறாத, வரையறையில்லாத
indefinite in Urdu
- بےشمار, غیرمحدود, لاانتہا, مبہم
indefinite in Bengali
- অনির্দিষ্ট, অস্পষ্ট, অসীম
More languagesFewer languages
- indefinite in Telugu
- నిరవధికం, నిరవధిక
- indefinite in Malayalam
- അനിശ്ചിതമായ, സന്ദിഗ്ദ്ധ, നിർണ്ണയിക്കാനാവാത്ത, ഉറപ്പില്ലാത്ത
- indefinite in Kannada
- ಕಂಡಿತವಲ್ಲದ, ತಿಳಿಯಲಾಗದ, ಅನಿಶ್ಚಿತ, ಅನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ
- indefinite in Punjabi
- ਸਦਾ sadā
- indefinite in Nepali
- अनिश्चितकालीन
- indefinite in Tagalog
- dituring
- indefinite in Arabic
- نَكِرَة nakira
- indefinite in Indonesian
- indefinit, taktakrif
Examples of indefinite in a sentence
- Definite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners.
- Have you got an indefinite or a fixed-term contract of employment?
- In English, idiom requires the indefinite article in a phrase such as "she's an engineer", whereas in Spanish, idiom forbids it.
Synonyms of indefinite
- unlimited
- unrestricted
- hazy
- undefined
- indeterminate
- unsettled
- indecisive
- unsure
- primitive
- antiderivative
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Forms of indefinite
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more indefinite |
| superlative | most indefinite |
| Noun | |
| plural | indefinites |
Origin of indefinite
From Late Latin indēfīnītus. Morphologically in- + definite.
Words formed from indefinite
Phrases with indefinite
Questions about indefinite
- What does indefinite mean?
- Indefinite means without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
- What is indefinite in Hindi?
- Indefinite in Hindi is अनिश्चित (aniścit). See Indefinite meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is indefinite?
- Indefinite can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce indefinite?
- Indefinite is pronounced /ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/.
Words near indefinite in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: indefinite (page history and authors); अनिश्चित (Hindi) (page history and authors); indefinite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indefinite (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Indefinite (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indefinite (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indefinite (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); indefinite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਦਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); indefinite (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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