definitive


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
definitive/dɪˈfɪnətɪv/
adjective
  • 1 (of a conclusion or agreement) done or reached decisively and with authority.

    ■ (of a book or other text) the most authoritative of its kind.

  • 2 (of a postage stamp) for general use, not special or commemorative.
noun a definitive postage stamp.
– derivatives
definitively adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. definitif, -ive, from L. definitivus, from definit-, definire (see define).
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