Definitive
adjective
Something that provides a final decision or conclusion.
This is the definitive guide for learning English.
Often appears as...
- definitive guide
- definitive answer
adjective
Something that is considered the most reliable or complete.
This is the definitive version of the historical event.
Often appears as...
- definitive source
- definitive version
adjective
Something that provides a final decision or conclusion.
This is the definitive guide for learning English.
Often appears as...
- definitive guide
- definitive answer
adjective
Something that is considered the most reliable or complete.
This is the definitive version of the historical event.
Often appears as...
- definitive source
- definitive version
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Settled argument
Use 'definitive' when an argument or discussion has been settled with clear evidence.
After years of debate, the study provided a definitive answer to the question.
Pro Tip 2/3No more changes
When something is definitive, expect no further changes or editions; it's the final form.
The definitive biography of the poet is now published.
Pro Tip 3/3Confidence and authority
'Definitive' often indicates a high level of confidence in the conclusion's authority.
Her answer was so definitive that everyone immediately agreed.
Pro Tip 1/3Settled argument
Use 'definitive' when an argument or discussion has been settled with clear evidence.
After years of debate, the study provided a definitive answer to the question.
Pro Tip 2/3No more changes
When something is definitive, expect no further changes or editions; it's the final form.
The definitive biography of the poet is now published.
Pro Tip 3/3Confidence and authority
'Definitive' often indicates a high level of confidence in the conclusion's authority.
Her answer was so definitive that everyone immediately agreed.
Pro Tip 1/3Settled argument
Use 'definitive' when an argument or discussion has been settled with clear evidence.
After years of debate, the study provided a definitive answer to the question.
Pro Tip 2/3No more changes
When something is definitive, expect no further changes or editions; it's the final form.
The definitive biography of the poet is now published.
Pro Tip 3/3Confidence and authority
'Definitive' often indicates a high level of confidence in the conclusion's authority.
Her answer was so definitive that everyone immediately agreed.
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Orcas Kill, But Not Just...
They had very definitive bite marks from the Orca on them and they had been killed, but not eaten. Otherwise, the carcass was completely perfect. Why would any animal go to that degree of effort and risk and then not eat it? It didn't make any sense to us. Perhaps the answer lay in a different filming trip,
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The science and...
requires fasting of the parents though it does not definitively require the sacrifice of life again as parental duties are shared now that is not to say that sometimes partners do not return from foraging indeed in some times when the old partner does not return new partners are acquired even occasionally
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From Aaliyah to Jay-Z:...
one definitive photo. A photo that was the most important of anything that I took. And I really wanted it for future generations to be able to feel the energy that was in that room, and certaintly you can feel that right there. I'm a photographer, this is what I do for a living. I chase these moments,
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Mary's Room: A...
But there still isn't a definitive answer to the question of whether Mary would learn anything new when she sees the apple. Could it be that there are fundamental limits to what we can know about something we can't experience? And would this mean there are certain aspects of the universe
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Where did Earth’s water...
despite the lack of an atmosphere, though asteroids may have brought more over the eons. If this turns out to be true, life may have formed much earlier than previously thought. So we do not yet definitively know whether the water on Earth came from its initial formation, later impacts,
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Wombats Poo Cubes! PIPE...
See what you think, do you want to hold that up for me? Hold that up, have a look at the shape of this poo it's very characteristic Very surprising what you might notice there is the definitive edges because that poo your eyes aren't deceiving you, that poo is cubed. It's cubed poo.
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The single biggest...
of the difference between success and failure. Team and execution came in second, and the idea, the differentiability of the idea, the uniqueness of the idea, that actually came in third. Now, this isn't absolutely definitive, it's not to say that the idea isn't important,
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How Finding This Human...
a good indication of the whole anymore. And it raises questions about all those other little scraps that we've been making stories about so definitively for so long. So it really is challenging us to go back and look at the material we have with new eyes
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This tool will help...
and then challenges those biases. It doesn't always provide definitive answers, but the method helps clarify the questions and eliminate contradictory or circular logic. And by following a line of inquiry where it logically leads,
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Why is our universe...
Mystery solved, multiverse found. Now some find this explanation unsatisfying. We're used to physics giving us definitive explanations for the features we observe. But the point is,
Video examples
Orcas Kill, But Not Just...
They had very definitive bite marks from the Orca on them and they had been killed, but not eaten. Otherwise, the carcass was completely perfect. Why would any animal go to that degree of effort and risk and then not eat it? It didn't make any sense to us. Perhaps the answer lay in a different filming trip,
Video examples
The science and...
requires fasting of the parents though it does not definitively require the sacrifice of life again as parental duties are shared now that is not to say that sometimes partners do not return from foraging indeed in some times when the old partner does not return new partners are acquired even occasionally
Video examples
From Aaliyah to Jay-Z:...
one definitive photo. A photo that was the most important of anything that I took. And I really wanted it for future generations to be able to feel the energy that was in that room, and certaintly you can feel that right there. I'm a photographer, this is what I do for a living. I chase these moments,
Video examples
Mary's Room: A...
But there still isn't a definitive answer to the question of whether Mary would learn anything new when she sees the apple. Could it be that there are fundamental limits to what we can know about something we can't experience? And would this mean there are certain aspects of the universe
Video examples
Where did Earth’s water...
despite the lack of an atmosphere, though asteroids may have brought more over the eons. If this turns out to be true, life may have formed much earlier than previously thought. So we do not yet definitively know whether the water on Earth came from its initial formation, later impacts,
Video examples
Wombats Poo Cubes! PIPE...
See what you think, do you want to hold that up for me? Hold that up, have a look at the shape of this poo it's very characteristic Very surprising what you might notice there is the definitive edges because that poo your eyes aren't deceiving you, that poo is cubed. It's cubed poo.
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The single biggest...
of the difference between success and failure. Team and execution came in second, and the idea, the differentiability of the idea, the uniqueness of the idea, that actually came in third. Now, this isn't absolutely definitive, it's not to say that the idea isn't important,
Video examples
How Finding This Human...
a good indication of the whole anymore. And it raises questions about all those other little scraps that we've been making stories about so definitively for so long. So it really is challenging us to go back and look at the material we have with new eyes
Video examples
This tool will help...
and then challenges those biases. It doesn't always provide definitive answers, but the method helps clarify the questions and eliminate contradictory or circular logic. And by following a line of inquiry where it logically leads,
Video examples
Why is our universe...
Mystery solved, multiverse found. Now some find this explanation unsatisfying. We're used to physics giving us definitive explanations for the features we observe. But the point is,
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Quote examples
Theo Epstein
American Businessman
Scouting and player development is the key to year-in and year-out success, not the occasional lucky hit. There are no definitive answers in this game, no shortcuts. When you think you've got it all figured out, you can get humbled very quickly.
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Eric Dane
American Actor
Television is a lot of fun. It's faster-paced. The schedule is really desirable, I guess. But as far as films go, and I've only done a couple; film is like a definitive beginning, middle and end. You know your character's arch.
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Fay Godwin
British Photographer
And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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Ken Starr
American Lawyer
After an extensive investigation, the office produced a report that addressed the many questions that confronted the difficult issues, it laid out new evidence, and it reached a definitive conclusion.
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Stanley Fish
American Writer
It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are.
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Michael Keaton
American Actor
My work is distinct and definitive and specific, and hopefully it is so that every single character is different, and they are - but there's probably an underlying element that's me.
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Grant Morrison
Scottish Writer
I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they think that symbol or character can say.
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Michel Faber
Dutch Writer
Very few stories embody a human truth so definitively that we cannot think of the truth without remembering the story and cannot imagine how people ever got by without it.
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Miranda Seymour
English Critic
I've always been of the party that rubbished the idea of a definitive account of somebody's life.
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Joshua Ferris
American Author
The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense.
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Theo Epstein
American Businessman
Scouting and player development is the key to year-in and year-out success, not the occasional lucky hit. There are no definitive answers in this game, no shortcuts. When you think you've got it all figured out, you can get humbled very quickly.
Quote examples
Eric Dane
American Actor
Television is a lot of fun. It's faster-paced. The schedule is really desirable, I guess. But as far as films go, and I've only done a couple; film is like a definitive beginning, middle and end. You know your character's arch.
Quote examples
Fay Godwin
British Photographer
And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
Quote examples
Ken Starr
American Lawyer
After an extensive investigation, the office produced a report that addressed the many questions that confronted the difficult issues, it laid out new evidence, and it reached a definitive conclusion.
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Stanley Fish
American Writer
It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are.
Quote examples
Michael Keaton
American Actor
My work is distinct and definitive and specific, and hopefully it is so that every single character is different, and they are - but there's probably an underlying element that's me.
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Grant Morrison
Scottish Writer
I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they think that symbol or character can say.
Quote examples
Michel Faber
Dutch Writer
Very few stories embody a human truth so definitively that we cannot think of the truth without remembering the story and cannot imagine how people ever got by without it.
Quote examples
Miranda Seymour
English Critic
I've always been of the party that rubbished the idea of a definitive account of somebody's life.
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Joshua Ferris
American Author
The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense.
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