Meaning of "sublime" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUBLIME

From Latin sublīmis lofty, perhaps from sub- up to + līmen lintel.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SUBLIME

sublime  [səˈblaɪm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBLIME

Sublime is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sublime in English.

WHAT DOES SUBLIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Definition of sublime in the English dictionary

The first definition of sublime in the dictionary is of high moral, aesthetic, intellectual, or spiritual value; noble; exalted. Other definition of sublime is inspiring deep veneration, awe, or uplifting emotion because of its beauty, nobility, grandeur, or immensity. Sublime is also unparalleled; supreme.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUBLIME

PRESENT

Present

I sublime

you sublime

he/she/it sublimes

we sublime

you sublime

they sublime

Present continuous

I am subliming

you are subliming

he/she/it is subliming

we are subliming

you are subliming

they are subliming

Present perfect

I have sublimed

you have sublimed

he/she/it has sublimed

we have sublimed

you have sublimed

they have sublimed

Present perfect continuous

I have been subliming

you have been subliming

he/she/it has been subliming

we have been subliming

you have been subliming

they have been subliming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I sublimed

you sublimed

he/she/it sublimed

we sublimed

you sublimed

they sublimed

Past continuous

I was subliming

you were subliming

he/she/it was subliming

we were subliming

you were subliming

they were subliming

Past perfect

I had sublimed

you had sublimed

he/she/it had sublimed

we had sublimed

you had sublimed

they had sublimed

Past perfect continuous

I had been subliming

you had been subliming

he/she/it had been subliming

we had been subliming

you had been subliming

they had been subliming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will sublime

you will sublime

he/she/it will sublime

we will sublime

you will sublime

they will sublime

Future continuous

I will be subliming

you will be subliming

he/she/it will be subliming

we will be subliming

you will be subliming

they will be subliming

Future perfect

I will have sublimed

you will have sublimed

he/she/it will have sublimed

we will have sublimed

you will have sublimed

they will have sublimed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been subliming

you will have been subliming

he/she/it will have been subliming

we will have been subliming

you will have been subliming

they will have been subliming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would sublime

you would sublime

he/she/it would sublime

we would sublime

you would sublime

they would sublime

Conditional continuous

I would be subliming

you would be subliming

he/she/it would be subliming

we would be subliming

you would be subliming

they would be subliming

Conditional perfect

I would have sublime

you would have sublime

he/she/it would have sublime

we would have sublime

you would have sublime

they would have sublime

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been subliming

you would have been subliming

he/she/it would have been subliming

we would have been subliming

you would have been subliming

they would have been subliming

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you sublime
we let´s sublime
you sublime

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to sublime

Past participle

sublimed

Present Participle

subliming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SUBLIME»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sublime» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of sublime

complete · consummate · elevated · eminent · exalted · extreme · glorious · grand · great · high · imposing · lofty · magnificent · majestic · noble · supreme · total · transcendent · utter

TRANSLATION OF SUBLIME

Find out the translation of sublime to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sublime from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sublime» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 绝妙的
• Translator English - Spanish: sublime
• English: sublime
• Translator English - Hindi: उदात्त
• Translator English - Arabic: سامية
• Translator English - Russian: возвышенное
• Translator English - Portuguese: sublime
• Translator English - Bengali: মহিমান্বিত
• Translator English - French: sublime
• Translator English - Malay: Luhur
• Translator English - German: erhaben
• Translator English - Japanese: 崇高な
• Translator English - Korean: 숭고한
• Translator English - Javanese: Luhur
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cao cả
• Translator English - Tamil: விழுமிய
• Translator English - Marathi: भव्य
• Translator English - Turkish: yüce
• Translator English - Italian: sublime
• Translator English - Polish: wzniosłe
• Translator English - Ukrainian: піднесене
• Translator English - Romanian: sublim
• Translator English - Greek: sublime
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verhewe
• Translator English - Swedish: sublima
• Translator English - Norwegian: sublime

10 QUOTES WITH «SUBLIME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sublime.

1

Sam Abell

There are grander and more sublime landscapes - to me. There are more compelling cultures. But what appeals to me about central Montana is that the combination of landscape and lifestyle is the most compelling I've seen on this earth. Small mountain ranges and open prairie, and different weather, different light, all within a 360-degree view.

2

Sam Abell

For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.

3

Emilio Ambasz

Princeton is a sublime undergraduate university. It has a good architecture school.

4

Francis of Assisi

Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.

5

Graeme Base

There's a book called 'Where The Wild Things Are,' by American writer Maurice Sendak... it really is the most sublime book. It's a picture book, but it works at so many levels, and it's fantastic.

6

Jean Baudrillard

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.

7

William Bennett

The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed.

8

Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Shakespeare's plays were a great Teutonic Valhalla with brilliant sunshine at times and violent tempests at others. The world to him was a battlefield, but his sense of poetic justice, his sublime faith in life and its infinite resources, guided the battles.

9

Hall Caine

That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest and yearning of suffering man, never finds a more sublime expression than where humanity is oppressed and religion is corrupt.

10

Eleanor Catton

To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBLIME»

Discover the use of sublime in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sublime and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

American Technological Sublime

An historical study of the social construction of American technology from 1820 to the present.

David E. Nye, 1996

The Sublime

A remarkably clear study of what is, in essence, a term near-impossible to pin down, this guide is essential reading for students of literature, critical and cultural theory.

Philip Shaw, 2007

The Sublime Object of Ideology

Linking key psychoanalytical and philosophical concepts to social phenomena such as totalitarianism and racism, the book explores the political significance of these fantasies of control.

Slavoj Žižek, 1989

Musically Sublime: Indeterminacy, Infinity, Irresolvability

This text rewrites musically the history and philosophy of the sublime.

Keine Wirth, 2009

Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime

Small, beautiful, classic of philosophy, with new cover.

Immanuel Kant, 1960

The Gothic Sublime

This book reads the Gothic corpus with a thoroughly postmodern critical apparatus, pointing out that the Gothic Sublime anticipates our own doomed desire to pass beyond the hyperreal.

Vijay Mishra, 1994

Of the Sublime: Presence in Question: Essays by ...

The eight essays and the afterword are translated from the 1988 French edition. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

‎1993

Sublime Historical Experience

Why do we feel the need to distinguish between past and present? This book investigates how the notion of sublime historical experience complicates and challenges existing conceptions of language, truth, and knowledge.

F. R. Ankersmit, 2005

The Feminine Sublime: Gender and Excess in Women's Fiction

Addressing the coincident rise of the novel and concept of the sublime in eighteenth-century European culture, Freeman allies the articulation of sublime experience with questions of agency and passion in modern and contemporary women's ...

Barbara Claire Freeman, 1997

Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime: Kant's Critique of ...

This volume presents a close reading of Kant's "Critique of Judgment" looking specifically at the complex paragraphs 23-29: "The Analytic of the Sublime".

Jean-François Lyotard, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBLIME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sublime is used in the context of the following news items.

Sublime with Rome: SirensSirens (2015)

Anyway, 13 years after Sublime singer/songwriter/guitarist Bradley Nowell's death, Rome Ramirez started playing with the two surviving members of the band ... «Punknews.org, Jul 15»

Concord residents can pick up free tickets to see Sublime with Rome

CONCORD -- Free tickets to Saturday's Sublime with Rome show at the Concord Pavilion will be available Friday. Live Nation, which manages the amphitheater ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»

Marc Quinn's “Toxic Sublime” Paradigm at White Cube London

“The Toxic Sublime” at White Cube's Bermondsey, London gallery is an exhibition of new work by renowned British artist Marc Quinn — the artist's first at White ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jul 15»

Review: James Taylor solid, at times sublime on new album

How sweet it is to hear such solid, smart and at times sublime songcraft from this journeyman. ___. Follow Jeff Karoub on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeffkaroub. «Washington Times, Jun 15»

Sublime With Rome to play Usana Amphitheatre, August 23

The band formed after the 1996 death of Sublime's original frontman, Bradley Nowell. Bandmates Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh started performing with ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 15»

Sublime with Rome headed to Upstate New York with Rebelution …

Rome Ramirez of Sublime with Rome performs on stage during the Made In America Festival at Grand Park on Saturday, August 30, 2014, in Los Angeles, Calif. «Syracuse.com, Apr 15»

Future Group Picks Up 51% Stake in Sublime Foods

The company informed the BSE that it "has made investment by way of subscription to the equity shares of Sublime, in terms whereof equity shares aggregating ... «NDTV, Feb 15»

QBE finally starts paying out to home warranty insurance to Sublime …

QBE has begun paying out Home Warranty Insurance claims for victims of the Sublime Constructions and Development collapse 10 months after the building ... «The Canberra Times, Dec 14»

Two New Books Provide A Double Dose Of 'Sublime' Geekery

Two of those notable geeks, Vikram Chandra and Randall Munroe; have written new books — Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty and What ... «NPR, Sep 14»

Sublime With Rome to Play The Paramount in Huntington

Sublime with Rome is only to be sort of confused with California reggae/ska/dub superstars Sublime, who rose to fame in the 1990s just as their founding singer ... «Long Island Press, Aug 14»