in·fi·nite
ˈin-fə-nət 
1
: extending indefinitely : endless
infinite space
2
: immeasurably or inconceivably great or extensive : inexhaustible
infinite patience
3
: subject to no limitation or external determination
4
a
: extending beyond, lying beyond, or being greater than any preassigned finite value however large
infinite number of positive numbers
b
: extending to infinity
infinite plane surface
c
: characterized by an infinite number of elements or terms
an infinite set
an infinite series
infiniteness
noun
: something that is infinite (as in extent, duration, or number)
Synonyms
Examples of infinite in a Sentence
Adjective
an infinite series of numbers
She has infinite patience when she's dealing with children.
There seemed to be an infinite number of possibilities.
an infinite variety of choices
Recent Examples on the Web
Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
The newest addition to our family, reminding me how infinite love can be.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
Nearly every shot of Ripley looks suitable for framing, with the use of light, shadow, all the most interesting angles, and the local architecture to create a world of infinite, terrifying grays, and that looks and feels at least as old as the era of Tom’s artistic idol.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Love comes in an infinite number of forms and shapes and sizes.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Apr. 2024
But this is the only way to construct an infinite integer distance set in the plane, as Anning and Erdős realized in 1945.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
One final frontier in this regard is leather, which has been the standard interior material for luxury cars for decades, along with an almost infinite number of other luxury products.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
Rose was hopeless, totally convinced of his invincibility, sitting on an infinite capacity to engineer a bigger and bigger bankroll.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024
Judaism, after all, is a religion—a form of mediation between finite humans and the infinite God.
—James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Greg Moran, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
But harnessing that infinite flow in a way that produces an advantage over a rival is something else entirely.
—John G. Singer, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
Between songs and during costume changes, the screen transformed into a giant moodboard, most notably casting Beyoncé as a chrome cyborg plugging into the infinite, or a laser model being designed inside a computer.
—Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023
A little more work with functions (see the exercises) can show that the set of all real numbers is the same size as the set of all the reals between zero and 1, and so the reals, which contain the natural numbers, must be a bigger infinite set.
—Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
The rapid growth of AI and automation is undoubtedly exciting, offering infinite uses for driving efficiency.
—Brian Foy, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
How incommensurate with our small, breakable animal bodies — this awful, awesome notion, the infinite.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
Does that have anything to do with space itself being assumed infinite in extent?
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023
Kids don’t get time to just do nothing — to lay on the grass and look up at the sky into the infinite.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
Adjective
The sea was frothy and infinite and blue-green beneath the span of a seagull’s wing.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
The newest addition to our family, reminding me how infinite love can be.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
Nearly every shot of Ripley looks suitable for framing, with the use of light, shadow, all the most interesting angles, and the local architecture to create a world of infinite, terrifying grays, and that looks and feels at least as old as the era of Tom’s artistic idol.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
Love comes in an infinite number of forms and shapes and sizes.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Apr. 2024
But this is the only way to construct an infinite integer distance set in the plane, as Anning and Erdős realized in 1945.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
One final frontier in this regard is leather, which has been the standard interior material for luxury cars for decades, along with an almost infinite number of other luxury products.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
Rose was hopeless, totally convinced of his invincibility, sitting on an infinite capacity to engineer a bigger and bigger bankroll.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024
Judaism, after all, is a religion—a form of mediation between finite humans and the infinite God.
—James Carroll, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Noun
Its promises are radical and (ostensibly) infinite.
—Greg Moran, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
But harnessing that infinite flow in a way that produces an advantage over a rival is something else entirely.
—John G. Singer, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
Between songs and during costume changes, the screen transformed into a giant moodboard, most notably casting Beyoncé as a chrome cyborg plugging into the infinite, or a laser model being designed inside a computer.
—Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2023
A little more work with functions (see the exercises) can show that the set of all real numbers is the same size as the set of all the reals between zero and 1, and so the reals, which contain the natural numbers, must be a bigger infinite set.
—Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
The rapid growth of AI and automation is undoubtedly exciting, offering infinite uses for driving efficiency.
—Brian Foy, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
How incommensurate with our small, breakable animal bodies — this awful, awesome notion, the infinite.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
Does that have anything to do with space itself being assumed infinite in extent?
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023
Kids don’t get time to just do nothing — to lay on the grass and look up at the sky into the infinite.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
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“Infinite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infinite. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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infinite
1 of 2 adjective
in·fi·nite
ˈin-fə-nət
1
: being without limits of any kind : endless
infinite space
2
: seeming to be without limits : vast
infinite patience
infinite wealth
3
a
: lying or being beyond or being larger than any number no matter how large
the number of positive numbers is infinite
b
: having an infinite number of elements or terms
an infinite set
infinitely
adverb
infinite
2 of 2 noun
: something that is infinite (as in number)
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