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

  • (..) Yeah. Look, worst-case scenario, you kill somebody, and it's with you the rest of your life. But that is the absolute worst-case scenario. Just have the nurses do the stuff you're too chicken to do, which is everything, and if you have a really rough admission... (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My First Day Season: 1 Episode 1