āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
definite
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āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ, āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ
expressed with clarity and precision, leaving no doubt as to the meaning or intention
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To avoid future disputes, the contract explicitly defined the obligations of each party in definite terms.
āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϧ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤā§, āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻā§āώā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻāϤāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻļāϰā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞā§āϤ⧠āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ, āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύā§āϝāĻŧ
certainly happening and unlikely to change
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Now that she has accepted the job offer, her relocation to New York next month seems definite.
āĻāĻāύ āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻā§, āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧠āύāĻŋāĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāϰā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ, āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ
(of a person) firm and clear in thoughts, decisions, or actions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He spoke in a definite tone, leaving no room for doubt.
āϏ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞ, āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻšā§āϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĻž āϰāĻžāĻāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
04
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ, āϏā§āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ
(grammar) designating a specific person, thing, or group that is identifiable or known within the context
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
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.
"āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻāĻžāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋ" āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāϤ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
indefinite
definite
finite
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