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Word: Definitive
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Old French definitif, -ive, from Latin definitivus, from definit- ‘set within limits’, from the verb definire (see define)
dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv
(of a conclusion or agreement) done or reached decisively and with authority
Short Definition:done decisively and with authority
Examples:- a definitive decision
(of a postage stamp) for general use and typically of standard design, not special or commemorative.
Short Definition:(of postage stamp) for general use
Word: Definitive
Speech Type: Noun
dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv
a definitive postage stamp
Short Definition:postage stamp
Examples:- low-value British definitives simply have a portrait of the reigning monarch
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