definite
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "definite"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ

expressed with clarity and precision, leaving no doubt as to the meaning or intention

absolute

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To avoid future disputes, the contract explicitly defined the obligations of each party in definite terms.
āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇, āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻ•āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ, āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ

certainly happening and unlikely to change
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Now that she has accepted the job offer, her relocation to New York next month seems definite.
āĻāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāω āχāϝāĻŧāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ

(of a person) firm and clear in thoughts, decisions, or actions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He spoke in a definite tone, leaving no room for doubt.
āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞ, āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ, āϏ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ

(grammar) designating a specific person, thing, or group that is identifiable or known within the context
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher in the sentence " I spoke to the teacher yesterday " is definite, as it refers to a specific teacher, likely familiar to both the speaker and listener.
"āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ" āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻž āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇āχ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

indefinite
definite
finite
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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