infinitive

Meanings

Noun

• the infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood)
• A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.
• A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.

Adjective

• Formed with the infinitive.
• Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.

Related

Broader meaning words

• grammatical mood, mood, mode
• verb
• verbal

Origin

• From Middle French infinitif, from Late Latin infinitivus ("unlimited, indefinite"), from Latin infinitus ("unlimited, infinite").