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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fi•nite /ˈfaɪnaɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - having bounds or limits;
not infinite;
measurable. - Grammar
- (of a verb form) distinguishing person, number, and tense, as well as mood or aspect, such as opens in She opens the window.
- (of a clause) containing a finite verb.
fi•nite•ly, adv. See -fin-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fi•nite (fī′nīt),USA pronunciation adj. - having bounds or limits;
not infinite;
measurable. - Mathematics
- (of a set of elements) capable of being completely counted.
- not infinite or infinitesimal.
- not zero.
- subject to limitations or conditions, as of space, time, circumstances, or the laws of nature:man's finite existence on earth.
n. - something that is finite.
- Latin fīnītus, past participle of fīnīre to stop, limit. See fine1, -ite2
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bounded, limited, circumscribed, restricted.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: finite /ˈfaɪnaɪt/ adj - bounded in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent: a finite difference
- having a number of elements that is a natural number; able to be counted using the natural numbers less than some natural number
- limited or restricted in nature: human existence is finite
- (as noun): the finite
- denoting any form or occurrence of a verb inflected for grammatical features such as person, number, and tense
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin fīnītus limited, from fīnīre to limit, endˈfinitely adv ˈfiniteness n |