infinite
Definitions
- Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
- unlimited, boundless, unbounded
- endless, countless
- Infinitely many.
- immeasurable
- Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
- immensely; hugely; infinitely; big-time
- Having infinitely many elements.
- Not limited by person or number.
- Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
Equivalents
Examples
“The number⟳ is so infinite, that verily it would be an easier matter⟳ for me to reckon up those that have⟳ feared the same.”
“Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit⟳ of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least cannot sink⟳.”
“infinite riches in a little room”
“which infinite calamity shall cause to human life”
“Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite.”
“Huxley's theory says that if you provide⟳ infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters, some monkey somewhere will eventually create⟳ a masterpiece – a play⟳ by Shakespeare, a Platonic dialogue, or an economic treatise by Adam Smith.”
“For any infinite set⟳, there is a 1-1 correspondence between it and at least one of its proper subsets. For example, there is a 1-1 correspondence between the set⟳ of natural numbers and the set⟳ of squares of natural numbers, which is a proper subset of the set⟳ of natural numbers.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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