infinite
having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,835 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,829 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude the infinite ingenuity of maninfinite wealth
- (of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive) also: non-finite, nonfinite infinite verb form
- too numerous to be counted also: countless, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless countless hoursan infinite number of reasons
- total and all-embracing God's infinite wisdom
noun
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located also: space they tested his ability to locate objects in spacethe boundless regions of the infinite
infinite in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The boy regarded him with infinite contempt.
The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1
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Keith felt like a disembodied soul let loose in infinite space without goal or purpose.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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He will also speak with infinite contempt of those who "crane" or stick to the roads.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The Isle of Island, being severed from other countries, an infinite distance standeth farre into the ocean, etc.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques — Volume 01 · Richard Hakluyt · Chapter 1
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These rovings end, Their thirst is slaked in larger dearth: The yearning infinite recoils, For terrible is earth.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1