1 having a definite limit or fixed size:
a finite number of possibilities * The world's resources are finite.
OPPINFINITE
2 (grammar) a finite verb form or CLAUSE shows a particular tense, PERSON and NUMBER:
'Am', 'is', 'are', 'was' and 'were' are the finite forms of 'be'; 'being', and 'been' are the non-finite forms.
OPPNON-FINITE
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Is finite a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, finite is tagged as adjective.
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