Absolute
adjective
Complete and total.
We have absolute trust in our leader.
Often appears as...
- absolute certainty
- absolute silence
adjective
Not influenced by anything else; pure.
It was done for the absolute love of the game.
Often appears as...
- absolute truth
- absolute power
noun
A term in philosophy that means the ultimate or supreme thing.
He believes in the Absolute, a supreme being.
Often appears as...
- belief in the absolute
- concept of the absolute
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Considered on its own, without relation to other things.
We need to look at the absolute facts of the case.
Often appears as...
- absolute value
- absolute measurement
adjective
Used to emphasize something.
It's an absolute disaster.
Often appears as...
- absolute disaster
- absolute joke
adjective
Complete and total.
We have absolute trust in our leader.
Often appears as...
- absolute certainty
- absolute silence
adjective
Not influenced by anything else; pure.
It was done for the absolute love of the game.
Often appears as...
- absolute truth
- absolute power
noun
A term in philosophy that means the ultimate or supreme thing.
He believes in the Absolute, a supreme being.
Often appears as...
- belief in the absolute
- concept of the absolute
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Considered on its own, without relation to other things.
We need to look at the absolute facts of the case.
Often appears as...
- absolute value
- absolute measurement
adjective
Used to emphasize something.
It's an absolute disaster.
Often appears as...
- absolute disaster
- absolute joke
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Expressing Totality
Use 'absolute' to stress that there are no exceptions or limitations to the statement.
She was in absolute agreement with the decision.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Doubt
'Absolute' can emphasize that something is certain and not open to challenge or skepticism.
Their victory is an absolute certainty.
Pro Tip 1/2Expressing Totality
Use 'absolute' to stress that there are no exceptions or limitations to the statement.
She was in absolute agreement with the decision.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Doubt
'Absolute' can emphasize that something is certain and not open to challenge or skepticism.
Their victory is an absolute certainty.
Pro Tip 1/2Expressing Totality
Use 'absolute' to stress that there are no exceptions or limitations to the statement.
She was in absolute agreement with the decision.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Doubt
'Absolute' can emphasize that something is certain and not open to challenge or skepticism.
Their victory is an absolute certainty.
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otherwise if it doesn't represent a meal they just leave it if it does of course they eat it but in that way in a pretty violent fashion they absolutely are top of the tree when it comes to the
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absolutely stunning and then they just melt away and they're phantoms they just become invisible they're the deep calls that they make it's so perfectly adapted to that forest which is really really dense you can hear them a long way away you hear that deep lovely noise and partly you feel it and going through your body
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Can you solve the...
and most importantly, they're not allowed to communicate among themselves. Though they do see each other during each morning's head count. Nevertheless, they all know no one would ever risk trying to leave without absolute certainty of success. After much pressure from human rights groups,
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mentally sharp, and emotionally resilient. And it was their absolute duty to defend and promote Sparta at all costs. So in the first years of their lives, children were raised to understand that their loyalty belonged first to Sparta,
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above absolute zero will emit light. This is called thermal radiation. The hotter an object gets, the higher frequency the light it emits. When you heat a piece of iron, it will emit more and more frequencies of infrared light,
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Giving checkmate is...
absolutely sure that she's going to become the woman's vote chess champion but if we will play and then he continued that I'm convinced that it's almost impossible almost as a matter of fact it was he was not the only world
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Fur Seals Overcome...
and for male seals it's a matter of life and death this beach is just absolute carnage all the way along you can see the big dominant males who have their territory each with a little group of females
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Bill Gates: The next...
and make the world more just as well as more safe. So I think this should absolutely be a priority. There's no need to panic. We don't have to hoard cans of spaghetti or go down into the basement.
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Hair-Raising Hyena...
otherwise if it doesn't represent a meal they just leave it if it does of course they eat it but in that way in a pretty violent fashion they absolutely are top of the tree when it comes to the
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Great White Shark...
I'm a marine biologists professionally. I spent a lot of time at sea and have seen a large variety of different wildlife. This was absolutely definitely not a basking shark.
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Gorilla shows Steve...
This is the silverback, the dominant male, And I have to say there are very few more impressive animals in the whole world. He is absolutely massive
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