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   absolute

   /ˈabsəluːt/

   adjective

   • 1. not qualified or diminished in any way; total: "absolute secrecy" Similar completetotalutterout-and-outoutrightentireperfectpuredecidedthoroughthoroughgoingundividedunqualifiedunadulteratedunalloyedunmodifiedunreserveddownrightundilutedsolidconsummateunmitigatedsheerarrantrankdyed-in-the-woolplenaryperemptoryOpposite partialqualified
   • ▪ used for emphasis when expressing an opinion: "the policy is absolute folly" Similar definitecertainpositiveunconditionalcategoricalunquestionableundoubtedunequivocaldecisiveconclusiveconfirmedmanifestinfallibleOpposite partialqualified
   • ▪ (of powers or rights) not subject to any limitation; unconditional: "no one dare challenge her absolute authority" Similar unlimitedunrestrictedunrestrainedunboundedunboundboundlessinfiniteultimatetotalsupremeunconditionalfulluttersovereignomnipotentOpposite conditional
   • ▪ (of a ruler) having unrestricted power: "Dom Miguel proclaimed himself absolute monarch" Similar autocraticdespoticdictatorialtyrannicaltyrannousauthoritarianarbitraryimperiousdomineeringhigh-handeddraconianautonomoussovereignautarchicautarchicalanti-democraticOpposite constitutional
   • ▪ (of a decree) final: "the decree of nullity was made absolute"
   • 2. viewed or existing independently and not in relation to other things; not relative or comparative: "absolute moral standards" Similar universalfixedindependentnon-relativenon-variableabsolutistrigidestablishedsetsettleddefinitedecidedirrevocableunalterableunquestionableauthoritativeincontrovertiblein black and whiteOpposite relativeflexible
   • 3. (of a construction) syntactically independent of the rest of the sentence, as in dinner being over, we left the table.
   • ▪ (of a transitive verb) used without an expressed object (e.g. guns kill).
   • ▪ (of an adjective) used without an expressed noun (e.g. the brave).

   noun

   • 1. a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things: "good and evil are presented as absolutes"
   • ▪ something that exists without being dependent on anything else.
   • ▪ ultimate reality; God.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere (see absolve).

   Derivatives

   • 1. absoluteness noun

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   • 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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   • absolute address. something that is not dependent upon external conditions for existence or for its specific nature, size, etc. ( relative). something that is free from any restriction or condition. something that is independent of some or all relations. something that is perfect or complete.

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     ABSOLUTE translate: total/-ale, absolu/-ue, absolu/-ue,...

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     ABSOLUTE definicja: 1. very great or to the largest degree...

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   Absolute is an adjective that means free from imperfection, complete, pure, or not limited in any way. It can also be a noun that refers to something that is independent of external conditions or the ultimate reality in philosophy.

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   adjective [ always before noun ] uk / ˈæbsəluːt / us. absolute adjective [always before noun] (COMPLETE) Add to word list. B2. complete: absolute power / control. The party was an absolute disaster. absolute adjective [always before noun] (DEFINITE) definite: There was no absolute proof of fraud.