in·fi·nite
ˈin-fə-nət 
1
: extending indefinitely : endless
infinite space
2
: immeasurably or inconceivably great or extensive : inexhaustible
infinite patience
3
: subject to no limitation or external determination
4
a
: extending beyond, lying beyond, or being greater than any preassigned finite value however large
infinite number of positive numbers
b
: extending to infinity
infinite plane surface
c
: characterized by an infinite number of elements or terms
an infinite set
an infinite series
infiniteness
noun
: something that is infinite (as in extent, duration, or number)
Synonyms
Examples of infinite in a Sentence
Adjective
an infinite series of numbers
She has infinite patience when she's dealing with children.
There seemed to be an infinite number of possibilities.
an infinite variety of choices
Recent Examples on the Web
Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
Its infinite iterations are pure veneer: bloodless and gutless, serviceable furniture made of the deforested expanse of human experience.
—Rachel Khong, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2024
Judith Jones published him handsomely, with infinite attention to covers, type, paper length, paper finish—the things that seem secondary to the purely literary, or e-book, era, but that count significantly to an author’s spirit or surviving soul.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The images have the potential to show nearly infinite shades of gray—any of which could signify something clinically relevant, Katerina Dodelzon MD, an associate professor of radiology specializing in breast imaging at Weill Cornell Medicine, told Health.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 19 Apr. 2024
The videos can be highly addictive, researchers have found, because social media companies use algorithms to show users what most appeals to them, and the content feed is nearly infinite.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
Falconer wondered what can be said about the distinct distances among an infinite number of points.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
Although, to be honest, who gives a s---, but, second, money isn't infinite.
—EW.com, 26 Mar. 2024
The sea was frothy and infinite and blue-green beneath the span of a seagull’s wing.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
Greg Moran, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
But harnessing that infinite flow in a way that produces an advantage over a rival is something else entirely.
—John G. Singer, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
Between songs and during costume changes, the screen transformed into a giant moodboard, most notably casting Beyoncé as a chrome cyborg plugging into the infinite, or a laser model being designed inside a computer.
—Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023
A little more work with functions (see the exercises) can show that the set of all real numbers is the same size as the set of all the reals between zero and 1, and so the reals, which contain the natural numbers, must be a bigger infinite set.
—Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
The rapid growth of AI and automation is undoubtedly exciting, offering infinite uses for driving efficiency.
—Brian Foy, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
How incommensurate with our small, breakable animal bodies — this awful, awesome notion, the infinite.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
Does that have anything to do with space itself being assumed infinite in extent?
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023
Kids don’t get time to just do nothing — to lay on the grass and look up at the sky into the infinite.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
Adjective
Eternal recurrence is the idea that, because time is endless, everything will eventually repeat itself, and therefore, your life will repeat an infinite number of times, exactly the same way each time.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
Its infinite iterations are pure veneer: bloodless and gutless, serviceable furniture made of the deforested expanse of human experience.
—Rachel Khong, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2024
Judith Jones published him handsomely, with infinite attention to covers, type, paper length, paper finish—the things that seem secondary to the purely literary, or e-book, era, but that count significantly to an author’s spirit or surviving soul.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The images have the potential to show nearly infinite shades of gray—any of which could signify something clinically relevant, Katerina Dodelzon MD, an associate professor of radiology specializing in breast imaging at Weill Cornell Medicine, told Health.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 19 Apr. 2024
The videos can be highly addictive, researchers have found, because social media companies use algorithms to show users what most appeals to them, and the content feed is nearly infinite.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
Falconer wondered what can be said about the distinct distances among an infinite number of points.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
Although, to be honest, who gives a s---, but, second, money isn't infinite.
—EW.com, 26 Mar. 2024
The sea was frothy and infinite and blue-green beneath the span of a seagull’s wing.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
Noun
Its promises are radical and (ostensibly) infinite.
—Greg Moran, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
But harnessing that infinite flow in a way that produces an advantage over a rival is something else entirely.
—John G. Singer, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
Between songs and during costume changes, the screen transformed into a giant moodboard, most notably casting Beyoncé as a chrome cyborg plugging into the infinite, or a laser model being designed inside a computer.
—Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023
A little more work with functions (see the exercises) can show that the set of all real numbers is the same size as the set of all the reals between zero and 1, and so the reals, which contain the natural numbers, must be a bigger infinite set.
—Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
The rapid growth of AI and automation is undoubtedly exciting, offering infinite uses for driving efficiency.
—Brian Foy, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
How incommensurate with our small, breakable animal bodies — this awful, awesome notion, the infinite.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
Does that have anything to do with space itself being assumed infinite in extent?
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023
Kids don’t get time to just do nothing — to lay on the grass and look up at the sky into the infinite.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
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infinite
1 of 2 adjective
in·fi·nite
ˈin-fə-nət
1
: being without limits of any kind : endless
infinite space
2
: seeming to be without limits : vast
infinite patience
infinite wealth
3
a
: lying or being beyond or being larger than any number no matter how large
the number of positive numbers is infinite
b
: having an infinite number of elements or terms
an infinite set
infinitely
adverb
infinite
2 of 2 noun
: something that is infinite (as in number)
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