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definitive

🇬🇧 UK/di'finitiv/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Final and conclusive; most authoritative and complete on a subject.

决定性的,最权威的,最终的

n.

A word such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun that defines or limits something.

限定词

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
dedown, away, reversal
+
finend, limit, boundary
+
itivetending to, having the nature of
=definitive

Common Collocations

  • 1.definitive answer决定性答案
  • 2.definitive guide权威指南
  • 3.definitive source权威来源

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The definitive biography provides the authoritative account of her life.

  • 2.

    His definitive ruling settled all disagreement regarding the competition rules.

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