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1. (n.) infinitive
a nonfinite verb form, in many languages the simple or basic form of the verb, that names the action or state without specifying the subject and that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs or, in English, after the word to, as eat in
I want to eat.
2. (adj.) infinitive
consisting of or containing an infinitive: an infinitive clause.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < LL infīnītīvus, der. of L infīnīt(us) indefinite, infinitival)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) infinitive
the uninflected form of the verb
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1. (noun) infinitive
the form of a verb before it is conjugated
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1. (adverb) infinitive
in the manner of an infinitive mood
2. (noun) infinitive
unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined
3. (noun) infinitive
an infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood
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Sense: the part of the verb used in English with or without to, that expresses an action but has no subject
The sentence `You need not stay if you want to go' contains two infinitives,
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 Afrikaans: infinitiewe |
 Arabic: صيغَة المَصْدَر |
 Bulgarian: инфинитив |
 Brazilian: infinitivo |
 Czech: infinitiv |
 German: der Infinitiv |
 Danish: infinitiv; navnemåde |
 Greek: απαρέμφατο (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: infinitivo |
 Estonian: tegevusnimi |
 Farsi: مصدر |
 Finnish: infinitiivi |
 French: infinitif |
 Hebrew: מְקוֹר הַפּוֹעַל |
 Hindi: भावार्थक संज्ञा, क्रियार् |
 Croatian: infinitiv |
 Hungarian: főnévi igenév |
 Indonesian: infinitif |
 Icelandic: nafnháttur |
 Italian: infinito |
 Japanese: 不定詞 |
 Korean: 부정사 |
 Lithuanian: bendratis |
 Latvian: infinitīvs, nenoteiksme |
 Malay: infinitif |
 Dutch: infinitief |
 Norwegian: infinitiv |
 Polish: bezokolicznik |
 Persian: مصدر |
 Pashto: مصدر هغه کلمه ده چي د هغه |
 Portuguese: infinitivo |
 Romanian: infinitiv |
 Russian: инфинитив |
 Slovak: neurčitok |
 Slovenian: nedoločnik |
 Serbian: infinitiv |
 Swedish: infinitiv |
 Thai: ซึ่งไม่สามารถหลีกเลี่ยงได |
 Turkish: mastar, fiilin ...-mek/ma |
 Taiwanese: 動詞原形 |
 Ukrainian: неозначена форма дієслова |
 Urdu: فعل کی بنیادی شکل جس سے ف |
 Vietnamese: nguyên thể |
 Chinese: 不定式 |
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