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

  • (..) and Charlie thinks to himself "Well, shit, I did a pretty good job." End of story. No bird. That to me is an absolute tragedy. But that's just what the world wants now. People wonder why Jazz is dying I tell you man Every Starbucks' Jazz album just proved my point, really. (..)
    2014 Whiplash
  • (..) I wasn't there to conduct. Any fucking moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo. I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them I believe that is... an absolute necessity. otherwise we're depriving the world the next Louie Armstrong the next Charlie Parker. (..)
    2014 Whiplash