infinite
adjective/ˈɪnfɪnət/
/ˈɪnfɪnət/
- very great; impossible to measure synonym boundless
- an infinite variety of plants
- a teacher with infinite patience
- (ironic) The company in its infinite wisdom decided to close the staff restaurant (= they thought it was a good thing to do, but nobody else agreed).
- an almost infinite variety of shades
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- almost
- nearly
- practically
- …
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- without limits; without end
- an infinite universe
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- almost
- nearly
- practically
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infinitus, from in- ‘not’ + finitus ‘finished, finite’, past participle of finire, from finis ‘end’.
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