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# infinite

«infinite» in Mova's school dictionary: **without any end or limit; so big it can never be measured…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (infinite); noun (the infinite — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Infinite means without any end or limit; so big it can never be measured or counted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#m1)

2) (informal) Infinite means extremely great: «infinite patience». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#m2)

3) (maths) An infinite set or line goes on for ever, like the counting numbers 1, 2, 3, …. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons pupils learn there are infinitely many numbers: you can always add 1. A line goes on infinitely in both directions; a line segment does not. In science, people wonder whether space is infinite. In everyday life it is used to exaggerate: «infinite homework». Symbol: ∞ (infinity). Phrases: «infinite number», «infinite patience».

### examples

- There is an infinite number of counting numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x1)
- The teacher has infinite patience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x2)
- Is the universe infinite? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x3)
- A line is infinite, but a line segment has two ends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x4)
- You can't count to infinity because numbers are infinite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x5)
- The sky looked infinite from the mountain top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x6)
- The choices in the game seemed infinite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x7)
- Still this band of young bards would have been of infinite interest to Fionn, not on account of what they had learned, but because of what they knew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x8)

### note

Pronounced «IN-fin-it», not «in-FINE-ite» (even though «finite» is «FY-nite»). Opposite: finite. Noun: infinity; adverb: infinitely. Infinity is not a number you can reach; «infinity plus one» is still infinity. Some infinities are bigger than others, a surprising fact from maths.

### In the corpora

- [INFINITE COINS!!!» Leo's finger hovered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks/12/)
- [Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/NAM.42/)
- [Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2652/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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