"finite" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɑɪ.nɑɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-us-finite.ogg [General-American] Forms: more finite [comparative], most finite [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ. The noun is derived from the adjective. Etymology templates: {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|enm|fynyte}} Middle English fynyte, {{m|enm|finit}} finit, {{der|en|la|fīnītus}} Latin fīnītus, {{m|la|fīniō|t=I finish; I terminate}} fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), {{m|la|fīnis|t=boundary}} fīnis (“boundary”), {{noncog|ang|ġeendodlīċ}} Old English ġeendodlīċ, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-adj}} finite (comparative more finite, superlative most finite)
  1. Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number. Synonyms: limited Translations (having an end or limit): кра́ен (kráen) (Bulgarian), ограни́чен (ograníčen) (Bulgarian), finit (Catalan), 有限的 (yǒuxiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), konečný [masculine] (Czech), endelig (Danish), eindig (Dutch), lõplik (Estonian), äärellinen (Finnish), päättyvä (Finnish), rajallinen (Finnish), fini (French), სასრული (sasruli) (Georgian), endlich (German), πεπερασμένος (peperasménos) [masculine] (Greek), véges (Hungarian), finito (Italian), 限られた (kagirareta) (Japanese), 有限な (yūgen na) (Japanese), 有限の (yūgen no) (Japanese), fīnītus (Latin), tāparepare (Maori), whatungarongaro (english: refers to resources) (Maori), endelig (Norwegian), avsluttet (Norwegian), ġeendodlīċ (Old English), skończony [masculine] (Polish), ograniczony [masculine] (Polish), finito (Portuguese), finit (Romanian), limitat (Romanian), care are limită (Romanian), коне́чный (konéčnyj) (Russian), ограни́ченный (ograníčennyj) (Russian), ко̀начан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), огра̀ничен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kònačan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ogràničen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), limitado (Spanish), finito (Spanish), ändlig (Swedish), begränsad (Swedish), förgänglig (Swedish), hangganin (Tagalog), sınırlı (Turkish), скінче́нний (skinčénnyj) (Ukrainian), обме́жений (obméženyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-finite-en-adj-n8seRBKr Disambiguation of 'having an end or limit': 95 3 2
  2. (grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number. Tags: as opposed to infinite or nonfinite Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (grammar: limited by person or number): finit (Catalan), personal (Catalan), 限定的 (Chinese Mandarin), finiittinen (Finnish), personal (Spanish), finit (Swedish), hangganin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-finite-en-adj-h7lVpi1R Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: limited by person or number': 24 71 5
  3. (ring theory, of a module (or algebra) over a ring) finitely generated (as a module). Tags: of a module (or algebra) over a ring Categories (topical): Algebra
    Sense id: en-finite-en-adj-XOajUrxf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 29 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: finis, finitude, finity, finitely, finiteness, finite verb, infinite, infiniteness, infinitude, transfinite

Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɑɪ.nɑɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-us-finite.ogg [General-American] Forms: finites [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ. The noun is derived from the adjective. Etymology templates: {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|enm|fynyte}} Middle English fynyte, {{m|enm|finit}} finit, {{der|en|la|fīnītus}} Latin fīnītus, {{m|la|fīniō|t=I finish; I terminate}} fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), {{m|la|fīnis|t=boundary}} fīnis (“boundary”), {{noncog|ang|ġeendodlīċ}} Old English ġeendodlīċ, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-noun}} finite (plural finites)
  1. A thing which has an end or limit.
    Sense id: en-finite-en-noun-3XRArZYq

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "lõplik"
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        {
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          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "äärellinen"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "päättyvä"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "having an end or limit",
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "fini"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sasruli",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "სასრული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "endlich"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "peperasménos",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "πεπερασμένος"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "véges"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "finito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kagirareta",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "限られた"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūgen na",
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          "word": "有限な"
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        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "fīnītus"
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          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "tāparepare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "refers to resources",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "whatungarongaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "endelig"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "avsluttet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "ġeendodlīċ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "skończony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ograniczony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "finito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "finit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "limitat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "care are limită"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "konéčnyj",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "коне́чный"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ograníčennyj",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "ограни́ченный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ко̀начан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "огра̀ничен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "kònačan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ogràničen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "limitado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "finito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "ändlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "begränsad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "förgänglig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "hangganin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "sınırlı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skinčénnyj",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "скінче́нний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obméženyj",
          "sense": "having an end or limit",
          "word": "обме́жений"
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          "_dis1": "24 71 5",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "grammar: limited by person or number",
          "word": "finit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 71 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "grammar: limited by person or number",
          "word": "personal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 71 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "grammar: limited by person or number",
          "word": "限定的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 71 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "grammar: limited by person or number",
          "word": "finiittinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 71 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "grammar: limited by person or number",
          "word": "personal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 71 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "grammar: limited by person or number",
          "word": "finit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 71 5",
          "code": "tl",
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    "Rhymes:English/aɪt/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "adjective",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fynyte"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fynyte",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "finit"
      },
      "expansion": "finit",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fīnītus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fīnītus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fīniō",
        "t": "I finish; I terminate"
      },
      "expansion": "fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fīnis",
        "t": "boundary"
      },
      "expansion": "fīnis (“boundary”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġeendodlīċ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġeendodlīċ",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "noun",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ.\nThe noun is derived from the adjective.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "finites",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "finite (plural finites)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fi‧nite"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A thing which has an end or limit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfaɪ.naɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɑɪ.nɑɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-finite.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/En-us-finite.ogg/En-us-finite.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-us-finite.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finite"
}

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