Infinitive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. Abbreviation: infin.
    • in English, the simple or basic form of a verb, with no endings to indicate the verb’s subject or tense, such as come, take, eat, be: used after auxiliary verbs or preceded by the word to, and sometimes functioning as a noun, such as He mustbe,I want toeat,Toloveis tounderstand.
    • a verb form found in many other languages that has a similar function, such as French venir “to come” or Latin esse “to be.”
adjective
  1. consisting of or containing an infinitive: an infinitive construction.Abbreviation: infin.
noun grammar
  1. a form of the verb not inflected for grammatical categories such as tense and person and used without an overt subject. In English, the infinitive usually consists of the word to followed by the verb
Infinitive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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