infinity

/ɪnˈfɪnɪti/

nounin · fin · i · ty

Think: "IN FINite?" No—add "-ity" to make it the opposite: in + fin + ity = infinity (not finite).

Yes, it's infinity. Don’t swap the middle vowels: it’s **fin-i** (…**fini**…), not **fine** or **finty**.

Definitions

  1. nounthe state or idea of being without any limit or end; endlessness
  2. nouna number or amount that is greater than any fixed number; an unbounded quantity (often written as ∞)

Examples

  • The universe feels like it stretches into infinity.
  • In math class, we learned that dividing by zero does not produce infinity.
  • She could stare at the night sky for what seemed like an infinity of time.

Synonyms

endlessnesslimitlessnessboundlessnesseternityimmeasurability

Antonyms

limitendfiniteness

Translations

ES infinitoPT infinitoFR infini

Common misspellings

infinatyinfinetyinfinitieinfinnityinfinintyinfinittyinfinyti

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