Infinitive

Quick meaning: Infinitive is a noun meaning (grammar) The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).

Meaning

(grammar) The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).

More Meanings

1. (grammar) A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.
2. (grammar) Formed with the infinitive.
3. Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
4. (grammar) A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.

Example Sentences

INFINITIVE MOOD or MANNER. To Have, Avoir.

[…] to search out in some higher region of infinitive space a spot where it was impossible for defilement to follow them […]

In English there are four moods:–1. The Infinitive Mood. 2. The Indicative Mood. 3. the Imperative Mood. 4. The Subjunctive Mood.

The MANNERS of acting, in grammar called modes or moods, are four; Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive or Conjunctive.

Word Forms

• infinitives

Synonyms for infinitive

Depending on context, synonyms include infinite, uninflected, non-finite.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include infinite, non-finite, uninflected, gerundial, to-infinitive, ing-form.

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