definitive
de-fin-i-tive · adjective
Definitions
adjective
- 1.
Done or reached decisively and with authority; conclusive.
- 2.
Considered to be the best of its kind; most authoritative.
- 3.
(of a postage stamp) Issued for ordinary use, as opposed to commemorative stamps.
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Etymology
From Late Latin definitivus, from Latin definire meaning "to define, limit." The word entered English in the 14th century, originally meaning "serving to define." The sense of "final, conclusive" developed in the 16th century.