ADJECTIVE | all | finite | bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent |
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all | finite | of verbs |
Sounds | fay'nay.t | |
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Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... |
Meaning | bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent. | |
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Narrower | bounded, delimited | Having the limits or boundaries established |
exhaustible | capable of being used up | |
impermanent | Existing or enduring for a limited time only | |
limited | not unlimited | |
See also | bordered | Having a border especially of a specified kind |
mortal | Subject to death | |
Opposite | infinite | Having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude |
Spanish | finito, limitado | |
Catalan | finit, limitat | |
Nouns | finiteness | the quality of being finite |
Adverbs | finitely | with a finite limit |
Meaning | Of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person. | |
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Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
Narrower | tensed | Having inflections to indicate tense |
Opposite | infinite, non-finite, nonfinite | Of verbs |
Spanish | finito | |
Catalan | finit |
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