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Definition of definitive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

definitive

adjective
 
/dɪˈfɪnətɪv/
 
/dɪˈfɪnətɪv/
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  1. final; not able to be changed
    • a definitive agreement/answer/statement
    • The definitive version of the text is ready to be published.
    Extra Examples
    • Clearly, this study can not provide a definitive answer.
    • They have signed a definitive agreement to acquire the company outright.
  2. [usually before noun] considered to be the best of its kind and almost impossible to improve
    • the definitive biography of Einstein
    • the definitive guide to the golf courses of Europe
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French definitif, -ive, from Latin definitivus, from definit- ‘set within limits’, from the verb definire, from de- (expressing completion) + finire ‘finish’.
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