NON-FINITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does non-finite mean? 

• NON-FINITE (adjective)
  The adjective NON-FINITE has 1 sense:

1. (of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive)

  Familiarity information: NON-FINITE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NON-FINITE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive)

Synonyms:

infinite; non-finite; nonfinite

Context example:

infinite verb form

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))