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- Robert Browning

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Academic Focus: Metric analysis / Historical dialect interpretation. Engaging with diverse historical English builds phonetic agility, linguistic empathy, and reading stamina valued in selective entry exams.

Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,

May gaze through these faint smokes curling whitely,

As thou pliest thy trade in this devil's-smithy--

Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?

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To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.

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Dictionary Entry

finite

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/ˈfaɪnaɪt/Word FrequencyCommon (4.32)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)

Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.

In a Sentence

“The article includes finite to support a careful argument.”

Published Usage Examples

“The mental creations held by You and I, and other finite minds, are but _finite creations of finite minds_, while WE, ourselves, are the finite creations of an”

“Christopher Hill saying that the list of issues is now down to what he termed a finite set.”

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Origin

From Latin *finitus*, past participle of *finire* 'to end, finish'.

Common Phrases

element finitenumber finite. finitedifference finiteset finiteverb finitefinite any

Synonyms

limitedimpermanentinflectedboundedtenseddelimited

Antonyms

endlesseternaleverlastinginfiniteinfinitivalnonfinite

Related Words

finite

Poetry examples for “finite”

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