"nonfinite" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From non- + finite.",
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      "expansion": "nonfinite (not comparable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Infinite."
      ],
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          "Infinite",
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        {
          "ref": "1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 6, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 306:",
          "text": "Although a finite I ( = INFL = INFLECTION) constituent is (overtly or covertly) inflected for TENSE or AGREEMENT properties, it should be obvious that a nonfinite I in English lacks these properties. Hence, the infinitival particle to which occurs in a nonfinite I is by its very nature tenseless and agreementless (i.e. it carries no Tense or Agreement properties, and is thus an entirely uninflected form). The difference between a finite and a nonfinite Clause can thus be seen to lie in the nature of I: a finite Clause is one which contains a finite I (carrying Tense and Agreement properties); a nonfinite Clause is one which contains a nonfinite I which is tenseless and agreementless.",
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        "(grammar) Not finite."
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "non-finite"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nonfinite"
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  "etymology_text": "From non- + finite.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        "Infinite."
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          "Infinite",
          "infinite"
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        "not-comparable"
      ]
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          "text": "Although a finite I ( = INFL = INFLECTION) constituent is (overtly or covertly) inflected for TENSE or AGREEMENT properties, it should be obvious that a nonfinite I in English lacks these properties. Hence, the infinitival particle to which occurs in a nonfinite I is by its very nature tenseless and agreementless (i.e. it carries no Tense or Agreement properties, and is thus an entirely uninflected form). The difference between a finite and a nonfinite Clause can thus be seen to lie in the nature of I: a finite Clause is one which contains a finite I (carrying Tense and Agreement properties); a nonfinite Clause is one which contains a nonfinite I which is tenseless and agreementless.",
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