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definitive adjective [ dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv ]

• (of a conclusion or agreement) done or reached decisively and with authority.
• "a definitive decision"
Similar: conclusive, final, ultimate, decisive, unconditional, unqualified, absolute, categorical, positive, definite,
Opposite: provisional,
• (of a postage stamp) for general use and typically of standard design, not special or commemorative.

definitive noun

• a definitive postage stamp.
• "low-value British definitives simply have a portrait of the reigning monarch"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French definitif, -ive, from Latin definitivus, from definit- ‘set within limits’, from the verb definire (see define).


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