adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a definite answer (= that says yes or no definitely )
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Can you give me a definite answer tomorrow?
a definite/distinct advantage (= one that you can clearly notice )
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Electronic trading has a number of distinct advantages.
definite article
major/definite/big etc plus
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Some knowledge of Spanish is a definite plus in this job.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Then when I told him about the baby he was more definite .
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I often wish people would be more definite . 2.
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The stronger, more definite and consistent it is, the more important it will be as a symptom of the case.
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He could not be any more definite than that.
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No marriage had begun with a more definite understanding of what each required of the other.
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If you want a more definite pattern or motif the easiest method to achieve this is to use a stencil.
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Something more definite can, fortunately, be said about Molla Fenari's first period of office as kadi of Bursa.
quite
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It was quite definite from Lady McClintock's scan.
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For the moment we have to rely on intermittent subcutaneous injections which impose quite definite restrictions.
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She had been quite definite on this subject.
very
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I've got very strange ideals, and one of the things I've got a very definite mind on is abortion.
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The selection of short-term or long-term financing requires the consideration of a very definite risk-return tradeoff.
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There are very few house rules but the ban on smoking is very definite .
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The green on the twelfth has two very definite tiers and the pin was on the upper one.
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They have a very definite shelf life.
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Each of these projects carries with it a very definite academic agenda.
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Many found it difficult to give accurate figures as the livestock year dictated two very definite peak work periods.
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If discounts are offered but not taken, accounts payable have a very definite cost.
■ NOUN
answer
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Philosophers need to stop procrastinating and staring at their navels and answer questions like the one above with a definite answer.
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Because there are few definite answers in law, it engages one to be philosophical-or spiritual, you might say.
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The accompanying text pages explore these questions and give definite answers as a basis for discussion.
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I would like to give a definite answer .
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For the bluesy sound that you are after, an old Marshall 50 with a 4x12 would be the definite answer .
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All are familiar with their own experiences of being asleep, and feel they can give definite answers .
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There can be no definite answer to this problem at the moment.
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None of those questions has a definite answer .
article
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It's a language all its own, with rules and a grammar, but it has no definite article .
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The definite article was inclined to appear in strange places, and to disappear from other places where it should have been.
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The newspaper names have a definite article because there is only one.
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The man had become a myth and acquired the definite article .
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Demonstratives and the definite article are terms whose mobilisation and use would be strongly linked to this kind of deixis.
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They are all blond and call themselves Gang, without the definite article , which has an icily Germanic ring.
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A second piece of evidence is provided by certain uses of the definite article .
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For them this front and these guns are the only possible ones indicated by the definite articles .
conclusion
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Because of the weakness of data it is difficult to come to definite conclusions .
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As with the origins of many other events no definite conclusions can be drawn.
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She came to some definite conclusions about the importance of this post and the requirements of a Depute Head Teacher.
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At present it is not possible to draw any definite conclusions about the binding mode of CytR.
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Caution is therefore necessary in drawing definite conclusions from either rRNA or protein-tree analyses.
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Coincidences with Ralph the Talespinner's story to be noted, but too many alternative possibilities for definite conclusions .
decision
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The drama school audition By now you will have made a definite decision to become an actor - nomatterwhat the problems or obstacles.
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He said that he thought the proposal could well be what they wanted and promised a definite decision within two days.
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No definite decision could be reached.
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Marubeni was to make a definite decision on whether it would carry the Axil workstation products depending on reaction at the show.
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It was not until the bomb was tested that a definite decision could be reached on its use.
evidence
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Statistics over five or ten years will provide definite evidence of increasing, stagnant or declining percapita incomes.
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They receive these doctrines by tradition, without any definite evidence .
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Attempts to trace the background even of Tyler have petered out through lack of definite evidence .
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Although Moorhens are sometimes seen in unusual localities along the coast, definite evidence of migration in Sussex is very scant.
idea
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Beto has very definite ideas on this.
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I have a definite idea of what I am trying to do and I want to stay with it.
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He had very definite ideas about what a son of his should be like.
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They have definite ideas of what they want to see on the page.
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Then you have time to fix on a definite idea of how you want the final mix to sound.
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Roy does not have definite ideas on the future.
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She has definite ideas on how she thinks things should be organised, and sometimes she is right.
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But he was very definite ideas about what he is doing.
plan
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So make definite plans to deal with the fears that you can control.
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By that time Ed had some fairly definite plans for his immediate future.
plus
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Sports: A definite plus for this resort.
shape
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If not a thoroughly convincing victory it further establishes Mason in the heavyweight division and his career will now take definite shape .
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Everything important to the farm was under the care of a beneficent power, never conceived of as having a definite shape .
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No definite shape , rather dull colour.
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Charles Worthington, who transformed Aimee's looks, stresses the importance of giving fine hair a definite shape and style.
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He gives a definite shape to a side in that he gets his hands on the ball and keeps moving forward.
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His own brand of performing was taking on a very definite shape .
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The formal support came from the Signet Office, which had been given definite shape in the fifteenth century.
sign
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But he'd shown definite signs of resigning himself to the situation - until her arrival downstairs after breakfast.
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An independent company, that is, with its two main engines of growth showing definite signs of maturity.
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There was no doubt now: there were definite signs of life.
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If so, he never gave any definite sign of it.
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Such cells look relatively unspecialised but they do show definite signs of differentiation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Both Sally and John had definite ideas about how the new kitchen should look.
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Dorosin said she doesn't have any definite plans for the future.
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I've got a good chance of getting the job, but it's not definite yet.
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I don't know what time she's coming. She won't give me a definite answer.
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Jacinta's report card showed a definite improvement in math.
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Mark's studies take a definite back seat to football.
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The city has finally given a definite date to replace the street light.
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We have some statistics, but we really need something more definite before we can make any firm decisions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Indeed, Maxwell showed that when the fields propagate as electromagnetic waves they actually carry definite amounts of energy with them.
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No other historical transformation has quite the same clear-cut and definite character.
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Six years had, after all, seen definite innovations in performance and safety.
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Sometimes this means taking a very definite stand on certain issues, but it has to be done for both your sakes.
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The green on the twelfth has two very definite tiers and the pin was on the upper one.
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They discovered a definite debt-death link: a relationship between interest paid percapita and decrease in life expectancy.
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We have seen that a gas or vapour does not have a definite volume or shape.