what does absolute mean?
ABSOLUTE as NOUN
- Meaning
- something that is conceived to be absolute
- something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control
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- no mortal being can influence the absolute
Hypernyms(s) absolute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
ABSOLUTE as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- perfect or complete or pure
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- absolute loyalty
- absolute silence
- absolute truth
- absolute alcohol
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- Meaning
- not capable of being violated or infringed
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- complete and without restriction or qualification
- sometimes used informally as intensifiers
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- absolute freedom
- an absolute dimwit
- a downright lie
- out-and-out mayhem
- an out-and-out lie
- a rank outsider
- many right-down vices
- got the job
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- Meaning
- without conditions or limitations
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- Meaning
- expressing finality with no implication of possible change
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- an absolute (or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation’’s authority
- inability to make a conclusive (or unequivocal) refusal
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