Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɪˈfɪn.ɪt.ɪv/
definitive
- explicitly defined
- conclusive or decisive
- definite, authoritative and complete
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
- A strict and definitive truth.
- Some definitive […] scheme of reconciliation.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
- limiting; determining
- a definitive word
- (philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
- (obsolete) Determined; resolved.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, V. i. 424:
- Never crave him. We are definitive.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, V. i. 424:
- Italian: definitivo
- Spanish: definitivo
- French: définitif, définitive
- German: endgültig
- Italian: definitivo
- Russian: оконча́тельный
- Spanish: definitivo, decisivo
- Italian: definitivo
- Spanish: autorizado, oficial
definitive (plural definitives)
- (grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
- (philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
- Synonyms: definitive stamp
- French: timbre d'usage courant
- German: Dauermarke
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