Definite and Indefinite

Definite

Definite adjective - Having distinct or certain limits.
Usage example: there should be a definite scope to your paper on the campaign for women's rights because you obviously cannot cover the whole history in five pages

Indefinite is an antonym for definite in topics: specific, exact, fixed.

Indefinite

Indefinite adjective - Being or seeming to be without limits.
Usage example: the indefinite vastness of the frozen tundra

Definite is an antonym for indefinite in topics: unclear, ambiguous.

Nearby Words: indefinable, indefinitely

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Spartacus: Blood and Sand The dialogue also omits the definite and indefinite articles to match Latin's lack of them.
  • This trope loses its subtlety in languages that have gendered definite and indefinite articles.
  • They Call Him "Sword" In Arabic, putting indefinite noun X before definite noun Y translates to "the X of Y".
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