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Another word for definite

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Adjective

  1. Having distinct limits

    See also:

    limited

  2. Without any doubt

    See also:

    certain

  3. Known positively

    Idioms:
    See also:

    certain

  4. Clearly, fully, and sometimes emphatically expressed

    See also:

    clear

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Another word for definite

Modifier

  1. Determined with exactness

    See also:

    determined

    certain

    Antonyms:

  2. Clear in detail

    Antonyms:

  3. Positive

    See also:

    explicit

    inevitable

    certain

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Sentence Examples

  • That woman has a definite problem.

  • The wind circulation over the Atlantic is of a very definite character.

  • The matter is in my hands and is clear and definite in my head.

  • He obviously had something definite on his mind.

  • After his accession to the throne William spent some time at the court of the English king, Henry II.; then, quarrelling with Henry, he arranged in 1168 the first definite treaty of alliance between France and Scotland, and with Louis VII.

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