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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
absolute
ab·so·lute [absolute absolutes] adjective, noun BrE [ˈæbsəluːt] NAmE [ˈæbsəluːt]
adjective
1. total and complete
•a class for absolute beginners
•absolute confidence/trust/silence/truth
• ‘You're wrong,’ she said with absolute certainty.
• Around them the darkness was absolute, the silence oppressive.
2. only before noun used, especially in spoken English, to give emphasis to what you are saying
• There's absolute rubbish on television tonight.
• He must earn an absolute fortune.
•110 MB is the absolute minimum you need to run the program.
•What an absolute idiot I've been!
3. definite and without any doubt or confusion
•There was no absolute proof.
•He taught us that the laws of physics were absolute.
•The divorce became absolute last week.
see also ↑decree absolute
4. not limited or restricted
•absolute power/authority
•an absolute ruler/monarchy (= one with no limit to their power)
5. existing or measured independently and not in relation to sth else
•Although prices are falling in absolute terms, energy is still expensive.
•Beauty cannot be measured by any absolute standard.
compare ↑relative
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere ‘set free, acquit’, from ab- ‘from’ + solvere ‘loosen’.
Thesaurus:
absolute adj.
1.
•a class for absolute beginners
•He must earn an absolute fortune.
complete • • total • • real • • utter • • outright • • perfect • • positive • • downright • • pure • • sheer • • unqualified • • undivided •
a/an absolute/complete/total/real/utter disaster
absolute/complete/total/real/utter/pure/sheer joy
absolute/complete/total/utter/perfect silence
2.
•absolute proof
definite • • firm • • positive • • concrete • • hard • • final • • conclusive • • proven • • undeniable • • unquestionable • • definitive •
absolute/definite/firm/positive/hard/conclusive/undeniable/unquestionable/definitive evidence
absolute/definite/firm/positive/concrete/final/conclusive/undeniable/definitive proof
Example Bank:
•4Mb is the absolute minimum you need to run the program.
•He demands absolute obedience from his men.
•I've joined a class for absolute beginners.
•There's absolute rubbish on television tonight.
•They drove back to the house in absolute silence.
•This room is an absolute disgrace.
noun
an idea or a principle that is believed to be true or valid in any circumstances
• Right and wrong are, for her, moral absolutes.
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin absolutus ‘freed, unrestricted’, past participle of absolvere ‘set free, acquit’, from ab- ‘from’ + solvere ‘loosen’.
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