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Meaning of "indefiniteness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDEFINITENESS

indefiniteness  [ɪnˈdefɪnɪtnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDEFINITENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indefiniteness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INDEFINITENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indefiniteness in the English dictionary

The definition of indefiniteness in the dictionary is the quality of being indefinite.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDEFINITENESS


airtightness
ˈɛətaɪtnəs
commensurateness
kəˈmensərɪtnəs
compositeness
ˈkɒmpəzɪtnəs
decrepitness
dɪˈkrɛpɪtnəs
definiteness
ˈdɛfɪnɪtnəs
downrightness
ˈdaʊnˌraɪtnəs
explicitness
ɪkˈsplɪsɪtnəs
exquisiteness
ɪkˈskwɪzɪtnəs
finiteness
ˈfaɪnaɪtnəs
importunateness
ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnɪtnəs
inappropriateness
ˌɪnəˈprəʊprɪɪtnəs
innateness
ɪnˈeɪtnəs
inviolateness
ɪnˈvaɪəlɪtnəs
irateness
aɪˈreɪtnəs
mediateness
ˈmiːdɪeɪtnəs
oblateness
ɒbˈleɪtnəs
preteriteness
ˈprɛtərɪtnəs
straitness
ˈstreɪtnəs
up-to-dateness
ˌʌptəˈdeɪtnəs
watertightness
ˈwɔːtəˌtaɪtnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDEFINITENESS

indefeasible
indefeasibleness
indefeasibly
indefectibility
indefectible
indefectibly
indefensibility
indefensible
indefensibleness
indefensibly
indefinability
indefinable
indefinableness
indefinably
indefinite
indefinite article
indefinite integral
indefinite pronoun
indefinitely
indehiscence

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDEFINITENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of indefiniteness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indefiniteness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDEFINITENESS

Find out the translation of indefiniteness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indefiniteness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indefiniteness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不确定性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indefinición
570 millions of speakers

English

indefiniteness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

indefiniteness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التشوش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неопределенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indefinição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

indefiniteness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indétermination
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketidakpastian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unbestimmtheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不定
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불명확성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indefiniteness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

indefiniteness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

indefiniteness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिश्चितता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indefinitezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieokreśloność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невизначеність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imprecizie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απροσδιόριστος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

indefiniteness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obestämdhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ubestemthet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indefiniteness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEFINITENESS»

The term «indefiniteness» is normally little used and occupies the 112.307 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of indefiniteness
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEFINITENESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indefiniteness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indefiniteness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indefiniteness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDEFINITENESS»

Discover the use of indefiniteness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indefiniteness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contracts
A. Problem of indefiniteness generally: Even though two parties who are negotiating with each other may intend to make a contract, and indeed think that they have made a contract, there is no contract if the terms of their “agreement” are ...
Steven Emanuel, 2010
2
Contracts: Courses Using Calamari, Perillo, and Bender's ...
18 Intent to Memorialize and Indefiniteness. Whether parties to an agreement intended to be bound by an unexecuted contract is a question of fact. (Texaco, Inc. v. Pennzoil Co.) 15. 19 Intent to Memorialize and Indefiniteness. Where no ...
Aspen Publishers, 2007
3
Contracts
INDEFINITENESS A. Problem of indefiniteness generally: Even though two parties who are negotiating with each other may intend to make a contract, and indeed think that they have made a contract, there is no contract if the terms of their ...
Steven L Emanuel, J.D., Steven L. Emanuel, 1999
4
Contracts: Examples & Explanations
This statement of the general rule suggests two central issues that must be confronted in dealing with problems of indefiniteness: First, for an apparent contract to fail for indefiniteness, there must be an incurable uncertainty about what the ...
Brian A. Blum, 2007
5
Peirce's Doctrine of Signs: Theory, Applications, and ...
Indeed, insofar as it is the nature of the sign to be cut from the thing it signifies, there is an intrinsic indefiniteness of reference of which Derrida's notion of diffe ranee takes account. Yet, for Derrida, this is not an indefiniteness or ambiguity which ...
Vincent Michael Colapietro, Thomas M. Olshewsky, 1996
6
The Six Enneads
Because even Indefiniteness has two phases. But what difference can therebe between phaseand phase of Indefiniteness? The differenceof archetype andimage. So that Matter here [as only an image of Indefiniteness] would be less indefinite ...
Plotinus, 1975
7
Tuvaluan: A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific.
Obligatoriness of indefiniteness marking Indefinite articles appear in one of two contexts: as markers of nonreferential indefiniteness and in a number of grammatical constructions that are conventionally associated with indefinitely- marked ...
Niko Besnier, 2002
8
Markedness and Language Change: The Romani Sample
The category of indefiniteness is encoded in indefinite pro-words, or indefinites. In a cross-linguistic study of indefinites,1 Haspelmath (1997b) has isolated nine indefiniteness functions, and projected the semantic contingencies among these  ...
Viktor Elšik, Yaron Matras, 2006
9
Nominal Determination: Typology, Context Constraints, and ...
Covert patterns of definiteness/indefiniteness and aspectuality in Old Icelandic, Gothic, and Old High German Elisabeth Leiss Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany It is assumed that the rise of the definite article is due to ...
Elisabeth Stark, Elisabeth Leiss, Werner Abraham, 2007
10
Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies ...
An indefiniteness standard that weeds out claims reasonably susceptible to multiple interpretations could reduce ambiguity in a broad range of settings. Allowing multiple potential constructions to persist adds a penumbra 159 to a patent's ...
Suzanne Michael, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDEFINITENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indefiniteness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
DOL Interpretation Says "Most Workers Are Employees" Under The …
Courts should also consider whether the lack of permanence or indefiniteness in the worker's relationship with the employer is the result of ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
2
Federal Circuit Review – Issue 59 - July 17, 2015 - IPWatchdog.com …
In the same order, the district court denied Newegg's motion for summary judgment on indefiniteness. SFA then moved to dismiss the case and ... «IPWatchdog.com, Jul 15»
3
Labor Department's 6-Part Test for Classifying Employees …
Permanency or indefiniteness in the worker's relationship with the employer suggests that the worker is an employee. Even if the working ... «Insurance Journal, Jul 15»
4
You've been warned – those independent contractors are probably …
The DOL would consider “whether the lack of permanence or indefiniteness is due to 'operational characteristics intrinsic to the industry' . . . or ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
5
Faster Is Not Always Better: Dangers of Quickly Filed Patent …
Indefiniteness rejections lengthen prosecution and can be avoided if some extra time is spent tightening existing or future claim terminology. 6. «JD Supra, Jul 15»
6
Federal Circuit invalidates patent under on-sale-bar
... asserted claims are not invalid under the on-sale bar, obviousness, or indefiniteness. CAFC reversed the district court's validity determination ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
7
Labor Department's new guidance on independent contractor …
The Interpretation notes, however, that “a lack of permanence or indefiniteness does not automatically suggest an independent contractor ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
8
What the Supreme Court's 2014 Term Means for Business
Sandoz, the defendant, asserted that the patent was invalid for “indefiniteness”—that the scope of the patent's claims was not reasonably ... «The National Law Journal, Jul 15»
9
Patent Litigants Feeling Effects Of Teva In Claim Construction …
... the patentee had also said, during prosecution of the patent (to overcome an examiner's rejection for indefiniteness), that "molecular weight" ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
10
Teva's “molecular weight” patent claims found indefinite
... sclerosis drug, Copaxone®, were invalid for indefiniteness under the “reasonable certainty” standard recently established in Nautilus, Inc. v. «Lexology, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Indefiniteness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/indefiniteness>. Apr 2024 ».
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