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definitiveness

/dih-fin-i-tiv/US // dɪˈfɪn ɪ tɪv //UK // (dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv) //

确定性,定性,定论性,定论

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
    • : serving to define, fix, or specify definitely: to clarify with a definitive statement.
    • : having its fixed and final form; providing a solution or final answer; satisfying all criteria: the definitive treatment for an infection; a definitive answer to a dilemma.
    • : Biology. providing the environment in which a fully developed parasite is able to reproduce, as is provided by a definitive host.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a defining or limiting word, as an article, a demonstrative, or the like.
    • : Philately. a stamp that is a regular issue and is usually on sale for an extended period of time.Compare commemorative.

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Examples

  • These were small groups, so the results are far from definitive.

  • It is intended to paint the beginnings of a picture rather than be definitive.

  • “Anyone who thinks they have a definitive number, including the state of Florida, are probably fooling themselves,” Smith said.

  • The fact that Google has no definitive plans to remove the offensive images speaks to how search engines are designed to work.

  • If you wait for more definitive efficacy results in adults, it puts you a year behind in kids.

  • Such contrasts are often obvious; at other times they take definitiveness only when looked at from a particular point of view.

  • Why she was in it she could not have told, at least with any degree of definitiveness.

  • The whole occurrence, charged with all the definitiveness of fate, was scant ten minutes in transition.