Associations to the word «Infinitive»

Wiktionary

INFINITIVE, noun. (grammar) 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.
INFINITIVE, noun. (grammar) A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.
INFINITIVE, adjective. (grammar) Formed with the infinitive.
INFINITIVE, adjective. Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE, noun. (grammar) The use of the "to" infinitive form of a verb in answer to the implied question "why?".

Dictionary definition

INFINITIVE, noun. The uninflected form of the verb.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne