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US
/ˈæbsəˌɫut/
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[ UK /ˈæbsəlˌuːt/ ]
[ UK /ˈæbsəlˌuːt/ ]
NOUN
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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
ADJECTIVE
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not capable of being violated or infringed
infrangible human rights -
not limited by law
an absolute monarch -
expressing finality with no implication of possible change
an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority -
perfect or complete or pure
absolute loyalty
absolute silence
absolute alcohol
absolute truth -
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
sheer stupidity
a downright lie
got the job through sheer persistence
out-and-out mayhem
many right-down vices
a rank outsider
absolute freedom
an absolute dimwit
an out-and-out lie
How To Use absolute In A Sentence
- There is no absolute standard for beauty.
- I can, however tell you that AB is absolutely freaking awesome!! What I've been doing this morning...
- What we need is the Government to get this absolutely right and to provide certainty. Times, Sunday Times
- The authority of the father was absolute, as the head of a hierarchy arranged by generation, age and sex, in which every member of the extended family was related in rank to every other.
- Absolute property right can only guarantee liberty in form.
- If we want to avert a very deep recession it is absolutely vital that these psychological factors are reversed.
- All three leads are simply stellar in their roles and the interactions ring absolutely true.
- The value of individual liberty is not absolute, but is subject to the authority of established government.
- Christianity could not content itself with building up its own altar; it was absolutely forced to undertake the destruction of the heathen altars
- inconceivability" is used in the sense of relative inconceivability, it is incorrectly used, unless it is qualified in some way; because, if used without qualification, there is danger of its being confused with inconceivability in its absolute sense. A Candid Examination of Theism