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Infinitive Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Infinitive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the uninflected form of the verb

2

the infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood)

Adjective
1

Formed with the infinitive.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
verb
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
split infinitive

Origin

The word comes from the Latin infinitus, meaning "unlimited" or "infinite." It entered English via Middle English as infenitife, originally describing something without end.

Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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