absolute
/ˈæb.səˌluːt/
adjective
  1. expressing finality with no implication of possible change
  2. perfect or complete or pure
    absolute silence
  3. not capable of being violated or infringed
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Merriam-Webster
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ABSOLUTE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 week ago - The meaning of ABSOLUTE is free from imperfection : perfect. How to use absolute in a sentence.
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Vocabulary.com
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Absolute - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
Use absolute as a noun or an adjective when you're so sure of something that you know it will never change. For example, a devout person's belief in life after death is an absolute; that person has absolute faith in the afterlife.
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Dictionary.com
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ABSOLUTE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
ABSOLUTE definition: free from imperfection; complete; perfect. See examples of absolute used in a sentence.
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Justia
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absolute Definition, Meaning & Usage | Justia Legal Dictionary
Describes a decision or order that is final and not open to changes or modifications How to use "absolute" in a sentence
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Wiktionary
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absolute - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
absolute square · mean absolute difference · (mathematics) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional. (education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge ...
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WordReference
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absolute - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
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Quora
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What’s the meaning of ABSOLUTE? - WORD BOOK - Quora
Answer (1 of 11): What is the Meaning of the Word “Absolute” ? : It Denotes : 1. Complete ; Utter ; Perfect. 2. Unconditional ; Unlimited. 3. Despotic ; Ruling Arbitrarily or With Unrestricted Power.
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TheFreeDictionary.com
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Absolute - definition of absolute by The Free Dictionary
Usage Note: An absolute term denotes a property that a thing either can or cannot have. Such terms include absolute itself, chief, complete, perfect, prime, unique, and mathematical terms such as equal and parallel. By strict logic, absolute terms cannot be compared, as by more and most, or used with an intensive modifier, such as very or so.
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Wikipedia
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Absolute (philosophy) - Wikipedia
February 1, 2026 - In philosophy (often specifically metaphysics), the absolute, in most common usage, is an absolute perfect, self-sufficient reality that depends upon nothing external to itself. In theology, the term is also used to designate the supreme being or God. While the notion of the absolute varies ...
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Oxford English Dictionary
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absolute, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are 31 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word absolute, five of which are labelled obsolete.
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Etymonline
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Absolute - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
As a noun in metaphysics, the absolute "that which is unconditional or free from restriction; the non-relative" is from 1809. ... 1580s, "form of speech peculiar to a people or place;" meaning "phrase or expression peculiar to a language" is from 1620s; from French idiome (16c.) and directly from Late Latin idioma "a peculiarity in language."
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Wordnik
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absolute - definition and meaning
Viewed independently of other similar things; not considered with reference to other similar things as standards; not comparative merely: opposed to relative: as, absolute position; absolute velocity (see below).
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Merriam-Webster
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ABSOLUTE Synonyms: 318 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
2 weeks ago - as in arbitrary exercising power or authority without interference by others Russia's absolute monarchy effectively ceased to be when Czar Nicholas II promised to share power with a legislative body