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# finite

«finite» in Mova's school dictionary: **having an end or a limit; not going on forever** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (finite)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Finite means having an end or a limit; not going on forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finite/#m1)

2) (grammar) A finite verb is a verb that shows tense and agrees with its subject, as in «she runs». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finite/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, a finite set has a countable number of things; numbers themselves are infinite; in science and geography, finite resources like oil and coal will run out; in grammar, finite and non-finite verbs.

### examples

- The Earth has finite supplies of oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finite/#x1)
- Our time on the trip is finite, so let's hurry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finite/#x2)
- A finite set has an end, like the days of the week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finite/#x3)
- The counting numbers are infinite, not finite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finite/#x4)
- In «She sings», «sings» is a finite verb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finite/#x5)

### note

Opposite: «infinite» (no end). Say it «FY-nite»; but «infinite» is «IN-fin-it». Maths: finite = you could, in principle, finish counting.

### In the corpora

- [Definitely comes from "finite", meaning having an end: de-finite-ly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «finite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.