MEANING
An unlimited extent, quantity, or number.
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Words that belong together
- an infinitude of possibilities
- the infinitude of space
On the page
The essay imagined an infinitude of choices within a life that remained painfully short.
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Word forms
- Base
- infinitude
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular infinitude; plural infinitudes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: uncommon.
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