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Word: Absolute
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere (see absolve)
ˈabsəluːt
ˌabsəˈluːt
not qualified or diminished in any way; total
Short Definition:total
Examples:- absolute secrecy
- absolute silence
viewed or existing independently and not in relation to other things; not relative or comparative
Short Definition:not relative or comparative
Examples:- absolute moral standards
(of a construction) syntactically independent of the rest of the sentence, as in dinner being over, we left the table.
Short Definition:relating to grammatical construction
Word: Absolute
Speech Type: Noun
ˈabsəluːt
ˌabsəˈluːt
a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things
Short Definition:value or principle
Examples:- good and evil are presented as absolutes
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