absolute

Definition

  • adjective: complete and total
  • adjective: free from imperfection
  • often used informally to make a statement more forceful
  • synonyms: perfect, arbitrary, autocratic

Examples

  • ('US') That restaurant serves the 'absolute' best Mexican food I've ever eaten. [=that restaurant serves absolutely the best Mexican food I've ever eaten]

  • The company has grown 'in absolute terms', but its share of the market is actually less than it was a few years ago.

  • He says that he has 'absolute' [='certain'] proof that his client is innocent.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You came back. You came back. Boy, do we have problems up here! The problem of, of evil in the world. The problem of absolute virtue. I'll take you in without breaking you. Which is more than you deserve. The problem of you on top of everything else. You above all. (..)
    2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
  • (..) He has the power to wipe out the entire human race and If we believe there even a % chance that he is our enemy, we have to take it as an absolute certainty. And we have to destroy him. But, he is not our enemy. Not today. years in Gotham, Alfred. We've seen what promises are worth. (..)
    2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice