Definition of infinitive in English:

infinitive

noun ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪvɪnˈfɪnədɪv

The basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense (e.g. see in we came to see, let him see).
（动词的）不定式
Example sentencesExamples
- I wonder why this bit of ignorant grammatical pontificating never caught on, while the equally ill-founded prescription against splitting infinitives did?
- There's no logical or grammatical reason to forbid splitting infinitives, and sometimes it's even obligatory, as Arnold Zwicky and Geoff Nunberg pointed out here last spring.
- The silly rule about not splitting infinitives often creates unnecessary ambiguities.
- And the use of the infinitive for coming events is so common we hardly blink.
- He has banned infinitives as well as tensed verbs entirely from his writing, but he does exempt past participles from his linguistic Nuremberg Laws.
- The verb of the infinitive (in this case go) is usually preceded by the word to.
- Instead, there is the contrast between infinitives introduced by the prepositions à and de.
- But the classicists decided we needed to have a rule, so we have one: it is wrong to split the infinitive.
- Participles dangle, metaphors are not only extended but mixed, infinitives are split and ambiguous pronouns abound.
- Do you split your infinitives or make other grammatical ‘errors’?
- Maybe it matters not a whit whether I strangle indecently my infinitives, or whether I split them decently with care.
- Will roughening our cadences and splitting our infinitives establish our distance from our colonial history?
- Thus, if a language has long-distance reflexivization with indicatives, then it will necessarily have it with (if relevant) subjunctives, infinitives, small clauses, and NPs.
- To highlight the continuous movement of his imaginative figures, Valery uses infinitives.
- We typically identify powers with a certain standard locution, employing the infinitives of verbs along with verb phrases.
- Also, he's not above splitting an infinitive, but what can you do?
- Some infinitives seem to improve on being split, just as a stick of round stovewood does.
- I was good at history and liked literature, especially Conrad because he split all his infinitives and I thought it a much cooler way of writing.
- Rewrite sentences in the active voice. Recast sentences that have more than five prepositions and infinitives.
- Among other particular features of Albanian and other Balkan languages are a postpositive definite article and the absence of a verbal infinitive.

adjective ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪvɪnˈfɪnədɪv

Having or involving the basic form of a verb.
不定式的
infinitive clauses
Example sentencesExamples
- Deleuze's ‘pure event’ subsists in language as infinitive verbs, to die, to diet, etc. and is actualised by a ‘conceptual personae’ as a ‘concept’.
- To make my job easier, I marked only finite subordinate clauses, not infinitive clauses or nominalizations of various sorts, and not main clauses strung together by coordinators like ‘and’ and ‘but’.
- In such instances, finite and infinitive clauses are commonly postposed and anticipatory it takes their place in subject position: ‘It is obvious that nobody understands me’; ‘It was a serious mistake to accuse them of negligence.’
- The figures used in Tables 4, 6 and 7, where I aim to follow Foster as closely as my textbase allows, therefore include infinitive uses.
- Thus, it is possible that these words are learned in their infinitive form, and this form is applied to every form of the verb, even if the inflection requires the use of a different grapheme.
- ‘To ignore’: the infinitive verbal root of the word, ‘ignorance’, is, obviously, a greater defect of the human mind than the basest stupidity.
- Still a third example involves the semantics of perceptual reports with naked infinitive complements, as in ‘John saw Mary cry’, which is analyzed as ‘John saw an event which was a crying by Mary’.
- Note that ‘to spy’ is always an irregular verb, only the third person form resembles the infinitive.

Derivatives

infinitival

adjective ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtʌɪv(ə)lˌɪnfɪnəˈtaɪvəl

Grammar

Denoting or involving the basic infinitive form of a verb.
an infinitival verb
Example sentencesExamples
- an infinitival clause
- Shed would be encountered as a plain form (in infinitival clauses), as a plain present (used when the subject is not 3rd singular), as a past participle, and as a preterite.
- Far from being ungrammatical, split infinitives are (as we have explained before on Language Log) always an option for modifiers of infinitival clauses, and sometimes the only option.
- It's stated as rhetorical advice, but the examples slide into some very dubious syntax, in particular a coordination of nominal gerunds with an infinitival VP.

infinitivally

adverbɪnˌfɪnɪˈtʌɪv(ə)liˌɪnfɪnɪˈtʌɪv(ə)li

Grammar

The frequency and statistical likelihood of real-world usage patterns is responsible for the hierarchical sequence in which specific adverbial notions come to be expressed infinitivally.

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin infinitivus, from infinitus (see infinite). The noun dates from the mid 16th century.

Definition of infinitive in US English:

infinitive

nouninˈfinədivɪnˈfɪnədɪv

The basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense (e.g. see in we came to see, let him see).
（动词的）不定式
Example sentencesExamples
- Do you split your infinitives or make other grammatical ‘errors’?
- I was good at history and liked literature, especially Conrad because he split all his infinitives and I thought it a much cooler way of writing.
- He has banned infinitives as well as tensed verbs entirely from his writing, but he does exempt past participles from his linguistic Nuremberg Laws.
- I wonder why this bit of ignorant grammatical pontificating never caught on, while the equally ill-founded prescription against splitting infinitives did?
- There's no logical or grammatical reason to forbid splitting infinitives, and sometimes it's even obligatory, as Arnold Zwicky and Geoff Nunberg pointed out here last spring.
- Thus, if a language has long-distance reflexivization with indicatives, then it will necessarily have it with (if relevant) subjunctives, infinitives, small clauses, and NPs.
- And the use of the infinitive for coming events is so common we hardly blink.
- But the classicists decided we needed to have a rule, so we have one: it is wrong to split the infinitive.
- The verb of the infinitive (in this case go) is usually preceded by the word to.
- The silly rule about not splitting infinitives often creates unnecessary ambiguities.
- Also, he's not above splitting an infinitive, but what can you do?
- To highlight the continuous movement of his imaginative figures, Valery uses infinitives.
- Instead, there is the contrast between infinitives introduced by the prepositions à and de.
- Among other particular features of Albanian and other Balkan languages are a postpositive definite article and the absence of a verbal infinitive.
- We typically identify powers with a certain standard locution, employing the infinitives of verbs along with verb phrases.
- Some infinitives seem to improve on being split, just as a stick of round stovewood does.
- Rewrite sentences in the active voice. Recast sentences that have more than five prepositions and infinitives.
- Participles dangle, metaphors are not only extended but mixed, infinitives are split and ambiguous pronouns abound.
- Maybe it matters not a whit whether I strangle indecently my infinitives, or whether I split them decently with care.
- Will roughening our cadences and splitting our infinitives establish our distance from our colonial history?

adjectiveinˈfinədivɪnˈfɪnədɪv

Having or involving an infinitive form.
不定式的
infinitive clauses
Example sentencesExamples
- Still a third example involves the semantics of perceptual reports with naked infinitive complements, as in ‘John saw Mary cry’, which is analyzed as ‘John saw an event which was a crying by Mary’.
- Note that ‘to spy’ is always an irregular verb, only the third person form resembles the infinitive.
- In such instances, finite and infinitive clauses are commonly postposed and anticipatory it takes their place in subject position: ‘It is obvious that nobody understands me’; ‘It was a serious mistake to accuse them of negligence.’
- ‘To ignore’: the infinitive verbal root of the word, ‘ignorance’, is, obviously, a greater defect of the human mind than the basest stupidity.
- Thus, it is possible that these words are learned in their infinitive form, and this form is applied to every form of the verb, even if the inflection requires the use of a different grapheme.
- Deleuze's ‘pure event’ subsists in language as infinitive verbs, to die, to diet, etc. and is actualised by a ‘conceptual personae’ as a ‘concept’.
- To make my job easier, I marked only finite subordinate clauses, not infinitive clauses or nominalizations of various sorts, and not main clauses strung together by coordinators like ‘and’ and ‘but’.
- The figures used in Tables 4, 6 and 7, where I aim to follow Foster as closely as my textbase allows, therefore include infinitive uses.

Origin

Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin infinitivus, from infinitus (see infinite). The noun dates from the mid 16th century.

词汇	infinitive
释义	Definition of infinitive in English: infinitive noun ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪvɪnˈfɪnədɪv The basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense (e.g. see in we came to see, let him see). （动词的）不定式 Example sentencesExamples I wonder why this bit of ignorant grammatical pontificating never caught on, while the equally ill-founded prescription against splitting infinitives did? There's no logical or grammatical reason to forbid splitting infinitives, and sometimes it's even obligatory, as Arnold Zwicky and Geoff Nunberg pointed out here last spring. The silly rule about not splitting infinitives often creates unnecessary ambiguities. And the use of the infinitive for coming events is so common we hardly blink. He has banned infinitives as well as tensed verbs entirely from his writing, but he does exempt past participles from his linguistic Nuremberg Laws. The verb of the infinitive (in this case go) is usually preceded by the word to. Instead, there is the contrast between infinitives introduced by the prepositions à and de. But the classicists decided we needed to have a rule, so we have one: it is wrong to split the infinitive. Participles dangle, metaphors are not only extended but mixed, infinitives are split and ambiguous pronouns abound. Do you split your infinitives or make other grammatical ‘errors’? Maybe it matters not a whit whether I strangle indecently my infinitives, or whether I split them decently with care. Will roughening our cadences and splitting our infinitives establish our distance from our colonial history? Thus, if a language has long-distance reflexivization with indicatives, then it will necessarily have it with (if relevant) subjunctives, infinitives, small clauses, and NPs. To highlight the continuous movement of his imaginative figures, Valery uses infinitives. We typically identify powers with a certain standard locution, employing the infinitives of verbs along with verb phrases. Also, he's not above splitting an infinitive, but what can you do? Some infinitives seem to improve on being split, just as a stick of round stovewood does. I was good at history and liked literature, especially Conrad because he split all his infinitives and I thought it a much cooler way of writing. Rewrite sentences in the active voice. Recast sentences that have more than five prepositions and infinitives. Among other particular features of Albanian and other Balkan languages are a postpositive definite article and the absence of a verbal infinitive. adjective ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪvɪnˈfɪnədɪv Having or involving the basic form of a verb. 不定式的 infinitive clauses Example sentencesExamples Deleuze's ‘pure event’ subsists in language as infinitive verbs, to die, to diet, etc. and is actualised by a ‘conceptual personae’ as a ‘concept’. To make my job easier, I marked only finite subordinate clauses, not infinitive clauses or nominalizations of various sorts, and not main clauses strung together by coordinators like ‘and’ and ‘but’. In such instances, finite and infinitive clauses are commonly postposed and anticipatory it takes their place in subject position: ‘It is obvious that nobody understands me’; ‘It was a serious mistake to accuse them of negligence.’ The figures used in Tables 4, 6 and 7, where I aim to follow Foster as closely as my textbase allows, therefore include infinitive uses. Thus, it is possible that these words are learned in their infinitive form, and this form is applied to every form of the verb, even if the inflection requires the use of a different grapheme. ‘To ignore’: the infinitive verbal root of the word, ‘ignorance’, is, obviously, a greater defect of the human mind than the basest stupidity. Still a third example involves the semantics of perceptual reports with naked infinitive complements, as in ‘John saw Mary cry’, which is analyzed as ‘John saw an event which was a crying by Mary’. Note that ‘to spy’ is always an irregular verb, only the third person form resembles the infinitive. Derivatives infinitival adjective ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtʌɪv(ə)lˌɪnfɪnəˈtaɪvəl Grammar Denoting or involving the basic infinitive form of a verb. an infinitival verb Example sentencesExamples an infinitival clause Shed would be encountered as a plain form (in infinitival clauses), as a plain present (used when the subject is not 3rd singular), as a past participle, and as a preterite. Far from being ungrammatical, split infinitives are (as we have explained before on Language Log) always an option for modifiers of infinitival clauses, and sometimes the only option. It's stated as rhetorical advice, but the examples slide into some very dubious syntax, in particular a coordination of nominal gerunds with an infinitival VP. infinitivally adverbɪnˌfɪnɪˈtʌɪv(ə)liˌɪnfɪnɪˈtʌɪv(ə)li Grammar The frequency and statistical likelihood of real-world usage patterns is responsible for the hierarchical sequence in which specific adverbial notions come to be expressed infinitivally. Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin infinitivus, from infinitus (see infinite). The noun dates from the mid 16th century. Definition of infinitive in US English: infinitive nouninˈfinədivɪnˈfɪnədɪv The basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense (e.g. see in we came to see, let him see). （动词的）不定式 Example sentencesExamples Do you split your infinitives or make other grammatical ‘errors’? I was good at history and liked literature, especially Conrad because he split all his infinitives and I thought it a much cooler way of writing. He has banned infinitives as well as tensed verbs entirely from his writing, but he does exempt past participles from his linguistic Nuremberg Laws. I wonder why this bit of ignorant grammatical pontificating never caught on, while the equally ill-founded prescription against splitting infinitives did? There's no logical or grammatical reason to forbid splitting infinitives, and sometimes it's even obligatory, as Arnold Zwicky and Geoff Nunberg pointed out here last spring. Thus, if a language has long-distance reflexivization with indicatives, then it will necessarily have it with (if relevant) subjunctives, infinitives, small clauses, and NPs. And the use of the infinitive for coming events is so common we hardly blink. But the classicists decided we needed to have a rule, so we have one: it is wrong to split the infinitive. The verb of the infinitive (in this case go) is usually preceded by the word to. The silly rule about not splitting infinitives often creates unnecessary ambiguities. Also, he's not above splitting an infinitive, but what can you do? To highlight the continuous movement of his imaginative figures, Valery uses infinitives. Instead, there is the contrast between infinitives introduced by the prepositions à and de. Among other particular features of Albanian and other Balkan languages are a postpositive definite article and the absence of a verbal infinitive. We typically identify powers with a certain standard locution, employing the infinitives of verbs along with verb phrases. Some infinitives seem to improve on being split, just as a stick of round stovewood does. Rewrite sentences in the active voice. Recast sentences that have more than five prepositions and infinitives. Participles dangle, metaphors are not only extended but mixed, infinitives are split and ambiguous pronouns abound. Maybe it matters not a whit whether I strangle indecently my infinitives, or whether I split them decently with care. Will roughening our cadences and splitting our infinitives establish our distance from our colonial history? adjectiveinˈfinədivɪnˈfɪnədɪv Having or involving an infinitive form. 不定式的 infinitive clauses Example sentencesExamples Still a third example involves the semantics of perceptual reports with naked infinitive complements, as in ‘John saw Mary cry’, which is analyzed as ‘John saw an event which was a crying by Mary’. Note that ‘to spy’ is always an irregular verb, only the third person form resembles the infinitive. In such instances, finite and infinitive clauses are commonly postposed and anticipatory it takes their place in subject position: ‘It is obvious that nobody understands me’; ‘It was a serious mistake to accuse them of negligence.’ ‘To ignore’: the infinitive verbal root of the word, ‘ignorance’, is, obviously, a greater defect of the human mind than the basest stupidity. Thus, it is possible that these words are learned in their infinitive form, and this form is applied to every form of the verb, even if the inflection requires the use of a different grapheme. Deleuze's ‘pure event’ subsists in language as infinitive verbs, to die, to diet, etc. and is actualised by a ‘conceptual personae’ as a ‘concept’. To make my job easier, I marked only finite subordinate clauses, not infinitive clauses or nominalizations of various sorts, and not main clauses strung together by coordinators like ‘and’ and ‘but’. The figures used in Tables 4, 6 and 7, where I aim to follow Foster as closely as my textbase allows, therefore include infinitive uses. Origin Late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin infinitivus, from infinitus (see infinite). The noun dates from the mid 16th century.
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