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definitive

[dih-fin-i-tiv] / dɪˈfɪn ɪ tɪv /


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Although there have been commemorative coins circulating featuring King Charles, these new designs - officially known as definitives - markthe King's transition on to coinage that will be used daily.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

Although there have been commemorative coins circulating featuring King Charles, these new designs - officially known as definitives - mark the final chapter of the King's transition onto coinage.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2023

The particular manner in which this is done, I shall show hereafter, in Etymology, when I come to treat of articles and definitives.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

In a scientific arrangement of grammatical principles, a and the belong to that class of adjectives denominated definitives or restrictives.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

And, by reason of the various and very frequent occasions on which these definitives are required, no words are oftener misapplied; none, oftener omitted or inserted erroneously.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold




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