INDEFINITE PRONOUN

Meaning of INDEFINITE PRONOUN in English

( indefinite pronouns)

An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun such as ‘someone’, ‘anything’, or ‘nobody’, which you use to refer in a general way to a person or thing.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

INDEFINITE PRONOUN — Gram. a pronoun, as English some, any, somebody, that leaves unspecified the identity of its referent. [ 1720-30 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — pronoun which does not refer to something specific (Grammar)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — ■ noun Grammar a pronoun that does not refer to any person or thing in particular, e.g. anything , something …
Concise Oxford English vocab
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — noun ( grammar ) a pronoun that does not refer to any person or thing in particular, for example 'anything' …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — inˌdefinite ˈpronoun BrE AmE noun [countable] technical a word such as ‘some’, ‘any’, or ‘either’ that is used instead of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — (~s) An ~ is a pronoun such as ‘someone’, ‘anything’, or ‘nobody’, which you use to refer in a general …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — неопределенное местоимение
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — неопределенное местоимение
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — неопределенное местоимение
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — неопределенное местоимение
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
INDEFINITE PRONOUN — неопределенное местоимение
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
INDEFINITE — adj indefinite; articulo indefinite [Gram.] indefinite article
Interlingua English vocab
PRONOUN — pronomine PRONOUNCE: pronunciar (-abil, -ation), declarar
English interlingue dictionary
PRONOUN — noun see: pro- Date: 1530 any of a small set of words in a language that are used as substitutes …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INDEFINITE — I. (ˈ)in+, ən, (ˈ)in+ adjective Etymology: Latin indefinitus, from in- in- (I) + definitus, past participle of definire to limit, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRONOUN — ˈprōˌnau̇n noun Etymology: Middle French pronom, from Latin pronomin-, pronomen, from pro- pro- (II) + nomin-, nomen name, noun — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRONOUN — (n.) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in …
Английский словарь Webster
INDEFINITE — (a.) Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension …
Английский словарь Webster
INDEFINITE — (a.) Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; …
Английский словарь Webster
PRONOUN — ( n. ) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — ( a. ) Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — ( a. ) Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRONOUN — /proh"nown'/ , n. Gram. any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — — indefinitely , adv. — indefiniteness , n. /in def"euh nit/ , adj. 1. not definite; without fixed or specified …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRONOUN — n. (Grammar) word used to replace nouns and noun phrases (she, we, this, etc.)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRONOUN — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pronomin-, pronomen, from pro- for + nomin-, nomen name — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INDEFINITE — adjective Etymology: Latin indefinitus, from in- + definitus definite Date: 1530 : not definite: as a. : typically designating an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRONOUN — noun a word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. the personal pronouns in …
Webster English vocab
INDEFINITE — adj boundless; infinite. 2. indefinite ·adj too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; said of the …
Webster English vocab
PRONOUN — ■ noun a word used instead of a noun to indicate someone or something already mentioned or known, e.g. I …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRONOUN — [pro.noun] n [ME pronom, fr. L pronomin-, pronomen, fr. pro- for + nomin-, nomen name--more at pro-, name] (1530): any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INDEFINITE — [in.def.i.nite] adj [L indefinitus, fr. in- + definitus definite] (1530): not definite: as a: typically designating an unidentified, generic, or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRONOUN — pronoun BrE AmE ˈprəʊ naʊn AmE \ ˈproʊ- ▷ pronoun|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — indefinite BrE AmE ɪn ˈdef ə n‿ət ˌɪn-, -ɪn-, -ɪt ▷ indefinite|ly li ▷ indefinite|ness nəs nɪs ▶ in ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRONOUN — / ˈprəʊnaʊn; NAmE ˈproʊ-/ noun ( grammar ) a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — / ɪnˈdefɪnət; NAmE / adjective 1. lasting for a period of time that has no fixed end : She will …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRONOUN — pro ‧ noun /ˈprəʊnaʊn $ ˈproʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: pro- + noun , on …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INDEFINITE — in ‧ def ‧ i ‧ nite AC /ɪnˈdef ə nət, ɪnˈdef ə nɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRONOUN — n. a word used instead of and to indicate a noun already mentioned or known, esp. to avoid repetition (e.g. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INDEFINITE — adj. 1 vague, undefined. 2 unlimited. 3 Gram. not determining the person, thing, time, etc., referred to. øindefinite article see …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRONOUN — n. a word used instead of and to indicate a noun already mentioned or known, esp. to avoid repetition (e.g. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — adj. 1 vague, undefined. 2 unlimited. 3 Gram. not determining the person, thing, time, etc., referred to. indefinite article see …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRONOUN — n. a word used instead of and to indicate a noun already mentioned or known, esp. to avoid repetition (e.g. …
Oxford English vocab
INDEFINITE — adj.1 vague, undefined. 2 unlimited. 3 Gram. not determining the person, thing, time, etc., referred to. Phrases and idioms: indefinite …
Oxford English vocab
PRONOUN — ( pronouns) A pronoun is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — 1. If you describe a situation or period as indefinite , you mean that people have not decided when it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRONOUN — (~s) A ~ is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not need …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRONOUN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES demonstrative pronoun indefinite pronoun personal pronoun possessive pronoun/form/case etc ▪ the possessive pronouns ‘ours’ and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INDEFINITE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INDEFINITE — [adjective] - not exact; not clear; without clear limitsThe project has been postponed for an indefinite period due to a …
Cambridge English vocab
INDEFINITE — adj. Function: adjective 1 having no exact limits FF1C; a region with indefinite boundaries FF1E; Synonyms: indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, undeterminable …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
INDEFINITE — adjective 1. having no exact limits a region with indefinite boundaries Synonyms: indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, undeterminable Related Word: unclear, undefined, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRONOUN — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PRONOUN — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plural , singular ▪ first-person , second-person , etc. ▪ anaphoric , definite , demonstrative , indefinite …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — adj. Indefinite is used with these nouns: ↑ article , ↑ detention , ↑ duration , ↑ future , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — adj. 25B6; adjective an indefinite period : INDETERMINATE, unspecified, unlimited, unrestricted, undecided, undetermined, undefined, unfixed, unsettled, unknown, uncertain; limitless, infinite, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRONOUN — n. a demonstrative; indefinite; interrogative; personal; possessive; reflexive; relative ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
INDEFINITE — adj. 1 uncertain, undetermined, undefined, imprecise, inexact, inexplicit, unspecified, unsettled, unfixed, unspecific, non-specific, vague, general, indeterminate, undecided, sub judice The …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PRONOUN — сущ.; грам. местоимение demonstrative pronoun ≈ указательное местоимение indefinite pronoun ≈ неопределенное местоимение interrogative pronoun ≈ вопросительное местоимение personal pronoun …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INDEFINITE — прил. 1) неопределенный (тж. грам.); неясный Syn : vague 2) неограниченный, бесконечный, безграничный неопределенный, неясный - * answer неопределенный ответ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRONOUN — Местоимение
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRONOUN — pronoun.ogg ʹprəʋnaʋn n грам. местоимение personal interrogative, relative pronoun - личное вопросительное, относительное местоимение
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INDEFINITE — indefinite.ogg ınʹdef(ə)nıt a 1. 1> неопределённый, неясный indefinite answer - неопределённый ответ indefinite promises - туманные обещания indefinite language - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INDEFINITE — 1) бесконечен 2) бесконечный 3) бессрочный 4) индефинитный 5) неограниченный 6) неопределенный • indefinite [indeterminate] form — неопределенная форма; неопределенность indefinite time lag — зависимая выдержка времени method of …
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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