absolute

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Synonyms: absolete, absolue, absolut, absoluta, resolute, obsolete, absolve, solute, absolutive, absolutes, obvolute

Antonyms: absolete, absolue, absolut, absoluta, resolute, obsolete, absolve, solute, absolutive, absolutes, obvolute

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Adjective

1. [[free|Free]] of [[restriction]]s, [[limitation]]s, [[qualification]]s or [[condition]]s; [[unconditional]]. {{defdate|first attested in the late 1400s}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=9}}</ref>
2. [[free|Free]] from [[imperfection]], [[perfect]], [[complete]]; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. {{defdate|first attested around 1400}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=9}}</ref>
3. [[pure|Pure]], [[free]] from [[mixture]] or [[adulteration]]; [[unmixed]]. {{defdate|first attested in the mid 1500s}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=9}}</ref>
4. [[complete|Complete]], [[utter]], outright; [[unmitigated]], not qualified or diminished in any way. {{defdate|first attested in the late 1500s}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=9}}</ref>
5. {{lb|en|very|occasionally|postpositive}} [[positive|Positive]], [[certain]]; [[unquestionable]]; not in doubt. {{defdate|first attested in the early 1600s}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=9}}</ref>
6. {{lb|en|archaic}} Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction). {{defdate|first attested in the early 1600s}}<ref name=SOED>{{R:SOED5|page=9}}</ref>
7. {{lb|en|especially|philosophy}} [[fundamental|Fundamental]], [[ultimate]], [[intrinsic]]; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards. {{defdate|first attested in the late 1700s}}
8. {{senseid|en|physics absolute}}{{lb|en|physics}} [[independent|Independent]] of [[arbitrary]] units of measurement, [[standard]]s, or [[property|properties]]; not [[comparative]] or [[relative]].
9. {{lb|en|grammar}} Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left". {{defdate|first attested around 1350 to 1470}}
10. {{lb|en|math}} As measured using an [[absolute value]].
11. {{lb|en|math}} Indicating an expression that is true for all [[real number]]s, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
12. {{lb|en|education}} Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.

Noun

1. That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not [[relative]], conditional, qualified or mitigated. {{defdate|First attested in the mid 19^th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
2. {{lb|en|geometry}} In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at [[infinity]]; in space of three [[dimensions]], the imaginary circle at infinity.
3. {{lb|en|philosophy|usually capitalized|usually preceded by "the"}} A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; [[absolute ego]].
4. {{lb|en|philosophy|usually capitalized|usually preceded by "the"}} The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of [[spirit]] and [[nature]]; [[God]].
5. {{lb|en|chemistry}} A concentrated [[natural]] [[flower]] [[oil]], used for [[perfume]]s; an alcoholic extract of a {{l|en|concrete|id=semi-solid extract}}.

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