Sentence examples for Definite from inspiring English sources

"definite" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to describe something that is certain or exact. For example, "I have a definite opinion about the matter."

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Definite

noun

Anything that is defined or determined.

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The connection, in other words, seemed likely but not definite.

I would definitely rate Dangerous Girls 5* as it is a great addition to anyone's bookcase and a definite keeper.

Back in the opinion room, ITV's link woman Nina Hossain was struggling to fill the time before anything definite could be said.

From Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot to Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, the ability to play "disability" is a definite asset for an actor, a source of genuine acclaim.

A 21-year-old man was detained by officers on Wednesday and police said they were "following a definite line of enquiry".

Shpendim Nadzaku, the imam for the Islamic Association of North Texas, told the Guardian last month that since taking up his role last June, he had seen a definite "increase of very open vitriolic language towards Muslims in general".

Three of the four most conservative votes on the court were notably hostile to the federal government's arguments, and the fourth (Clarence Thomas, who almost never speaks at oral argument) is as mentioned an almost definite vote to rule the ACA's individual mandate unconstitutional.

When I was a teenager in the early 90s, there was a definite trend adopted by a specific type of hippy student I dated, who told themselves and those around them that hair was "self-cleaning".

Some people might need a definite amount of infinite time, while others might need an infinite amount of definite time.

And the ending - well, there isn't really an ending; instead of a definite closure, the reader is left with a sense of a vague and gloomy continuum, as the protagonist Moses Aloetta stands before the Thames contemplating his future, staring into the signature London fog that is the novel's dominant motif.

If it's a definite yes you're not going hard enough, if it's a no, you've overcooked it".

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