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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋæbsәˏlut 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊæbsәluːt 〕


Overview of noun absolute

The noun absolute has 1 sense


  • absolute -- (something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative; "no mortal being can influence the absolute")


Overview of adj absolute

The adj absolute has 5 senses


  • absolute -- (perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol")

  • absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer -- (complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "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 through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity")

  • absolute -- (not limited by law; "an absolute monarch")

  • absolute -- (expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority")

  • absolute, infrangible, inviolable -- (not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights")