absolute
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈæb.sə.luːt/
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absoluto
- This is our discovery, and we have to maintain absolute control.
- absolute power
- absolute authority
- absolute certainty
Free speech does not exist in an absolute form in under American law.
- Free speech does not exist in an absolute form in under American law.
Examples
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I say we sign this contract immediately, and institute absolute, total secrecy.
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No freedom is absolute or should be, right?
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But I started from absolute Ground Zero.
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Right now we are in the absolute grips of fear.
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In the future, each man will serve the interest of the state with absolute obedience.
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It would be my absolute pleasure, Mr Conner.
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The manager insisted on absolute control of the project's direction to ensure its success.
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For the experiment to succeed, there must be absolute silence in the lab during the recording.
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In the debate, he expressed his belief that no authority should have absolute power over individual rights.
Synonyms
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3.7
Complete and absolute, showing a very strong degree
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4.4
Having no rules that limit it, for example love or help that expects nothing
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.7
The lowest possible temperature when tiny particles almost stop moving
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Temperature measured from absolute zero and shown on the Kelvin scale
- Specialized
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8.4
How bright a star really is if it were 10 parsecs, about 32 light years, away
- Specialized
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9.9
A rare ability to name or sing a musical note without any other note to compare
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9.6
Space that exists by itself and stays the same no matter what is in it
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A short Latin phrase with a noun and a verb form that gives background information separate from the main sentence
- Specialized
A measure of how far a data value is from the average or middle value
- Specialized
The highest height at which a plane can still fly level using its engines
- Specialized
A count of how many times something appears in one category of data
- Specialized
A device that always shows the exact position of a rotating part even after a power outage
- Specialized
Music without words that has no story and focuses on its sound and structure
- Specialized
A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero, with zero as the lowest possible temperature
- Specialized
The weakest amount of something that a person or animal can notice with their senses
- Specialized
A unit of pressure measured from complete vacuum and equal to the air pressure at sea level
- Specialized
A number that shows the typical distance of numbers in a set from their middle value
- Formal
Full ownership of a house or land that you can sell and leave to someone
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Absolute comes from Latin parts ab- 'away' and solvere 'to loosen', the same root as solve and dissolve. It originally meant 'set free' or 'loosened away', so an absolute rule or right is one that is 'free from limits' and not conditional.