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absolut

absolute /abso.ˈlut/

adjective#739 most common

Also: absolutely, total, utter

Example sentences

Ai absolut dreptate.
You are absolutely right.
Este absolut necesar să pleci acum.
It's absolutely necessary that you leave now.
Nu am absolut nicio idee.
I have absolutely no idea.
Puterea absolută corupe absolut.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Monarhia absolută a fost înlocuită de un sistem constituțional.
Absolute monarchy was replaced by a constitutional system.
Adevărurile absolute sunt rare în filozofie, unde majoritatea afirmațiilor rămân supuse dezbaterii.
Absolute truths are rare in philosophy, where most claims remain open to debate.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeabsolut / absolutăabsoluți / absolute
Genitiveabsolut / absolutăabsoluți / absolute
Accusativeabsolut / absolutăabsoluți / absolute
Vocativeabsolut / absolutăabsoluți / absolute

Word family

absolutismabsolutism, rule with unlimited power
absolutistabsolutist, favoring unchecked authority
a absolutizato treat something as absolute or unconditional
absolutizarethe act of making something absolute

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "absolut" from French "absolu", itself from Latin "absolutus", the past participle of "absolvere", to set free or complete. The Latin verb combines "ab-" (away) with "solvere" (to loosen). This entered Romanian during the 19th-century wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized the language's vocabulary.

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