Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Formed with the infinitive.

  2. (not comparable)Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. The Latin verb has six infinitives.

    У латинського дієслова шість інфінітивів. — User55521

    ruУ латинского глагола шесть инфинитивов. — Wezel

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  2. What's the infinitive of this verb?

    ruКакой у этого глагола инфинитив? — Wezel

    deWie lautet der Infinitiv dieses Verbs? — Rovo

  3. Maybe, I need to use some infinitive construction?

    ruМожет быть, нужно какую-нибудь инфинитивную конструкцию использовать? — al_ex_an_der

  4. The imperative in English is exactly like the infinitive.

  5. The present subjunctive in English is identical to the infinitive.

Origin

From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus

From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.

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Word family

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See also

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