absolute
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditionsFree of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
» That's the absolute truth.
Das ist die reine Wahrheit.
Это чистая правда!
Это совершенная правда.
Это абсолютная правда.
Це абсолютна правда.
Meaning
24 sensesFree of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory.
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
absolute purity, absolute liberty
perfect or complete or pure
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
absolute alcohol
абсолю́тныйabsoljútnyj
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
an absolute denial of all charges
When caught, he told an absolute lie.
Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.
(especially)Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
the doctrine that absolute knowledge of things is possible; an absolute principle
Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.
абсолю́тныйabsoljútnyj
Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
absolute velocity, absolute motion, absolute position
Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute.
Examples
209 sentencesThat's the absolute truth.
Це абсолютна правда. — Anjy
ruЭто чистая правда! — papersaltserver
deDas ist die reine Wahrheit. — MUIRIEL
You're an absolute idiot.
Ти повний ідіот. — deniko
ruТы полный идиот. — sikmir
deDu bist ein totaler Idiot. — halfdan
A computer is an absolute necessity now.
Нині комп'ютер є абсолютною необхідністю. — aandrusiak
ruКомпьютер сейчас — абсолютная необходимость. — sharptoothed
deComputer sind heutzutage eine absolute Notwendigkeit. — xtofu80
Tom was an absolute angel.
Том був абсолютним янголом. — rmdas
deTom war ein absoluter Engel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I have absolute trust in you.
ruЯ полностью вам доверяю. — marafon
deIch habe restloses Vertrauen in dich. — MUIRIEL
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
First attested around 1380. From Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, fromFirst attested around 1380. From Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional; unfettered; completed”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, set free, complete”), from ab (“away”) + solvo (“to loose”). Influenced in part by Old French absolu. Compare absolve.
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Forms
more absolute/absoluter, most absolute/absolutest| Comparative | more absolute / absoluter Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most absolute / absolutest Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
17 synonyms- not capable of being violated or infringed:infrangibleinviolable
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers:downrightout-and-outrankright-downsheer
Antonyms
7 antonymsWord family
71 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form