Main Entry:

¹de·fin·i·tive

Pronunciation:

\di-ˈfi-nə-tiv\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

Middle English diffinityf, from Anglo-French diffinitive, from Latin definitivus, from definitus

Date:

14th century

1: serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation <a definitive victory>2: authoritative and apparently exhaustive <a definitive edition>3 a: serving to define or specify precisely <definitive laws> b: serving as a perfect example : quintessential <a definitive bourgeois>4: fully differentiated or developed <a definitive organ>5of a postage stamp : issued as a regular stamp for the country or territory in which it is to be used

synonyms see conclusive

— de·fin·i·tive·ly adverb

— de·fin·i·tive·ness noun