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FINITE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
Classified under:
Similar:
bounded; delimited (having the limits or boundaries established)
exhaustible (capable of being used up; capable of being exhausted)
impermanent (existing or enduring for a limited time only)
limited (not unlimited)
Also:
mortal (subject to death)
Antonym:
infinite (having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude)
Derivation:
finiteness (the quality of being finite)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of verbs) relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person
Classified under:
Similar:
tensed (having inflections to indicate tense)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Antonym:
infinite ((of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive))
