Definitive Definition

dĭ-fĭnĭ-tĭv
adjective
That decides or settles in a final way; decisive; conclusive.
A definitive answer.
Webster's New World
Serving to define; limiting or distinguishing precisely.
Definitive details.
Webster's New World
Most nearly complete and accurate; authoritative.
A definitive biography.
Webster's New World
Designating or of a postage stamp for regular use, issued for an unlimited period.
Webster's New World
Fully formed or developed, as an organ or structure.
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noun
A word that defines or limits, such as the definite article or a demonstrative pronoun.
American Heritage
A definitive postage stamp.
Webster's New World

(philately) An ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand.

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Other Word Forms of Definitive

Noun

Singular:
definitive
Plural:
definitives

Origin of Definitive

  • From Middle French définitif

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Definitive Sentence Examples

  • When someone gives me some more definitive info on her, I'll tell you.

  • Most jewelers will be able to give a definitive cost before starting.

  • I'm not trying to give the definitive answers here.

  • But when definitive results as to the orbits are required, it is necessary to compute the perturbations produced by such of the major planets as have affected the motions of the body.

  • They seem to take for granted that the spirit - though not the letter - of that great man was a definitive statement of the Christian principle.

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DDEDEF

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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