[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/infinite/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) / infinite # infinite adjective (infinite); noun (the infinite — formal) «infinite» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Infinite means without any end or limit; so big it can never be measured or counted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#m1) 2. (informal) Infinite means extremely great: «infinite patience». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#m2) 3. (maths) An infinite set or line goes on for ever, like the counting numbers 1, 2, 3, …. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#m3) ### In the lessons In maths lessons pupils learn there are infinitely many numbers: you can always add 1. A line goes on infinitely in both directions; a line segment does not. In science, people wonder whether space is infinite. In everyday life it is used to exaggerate: «infinite homework». Symbol: ∞ (infinity). Phrases: «infinite number», «infinite patience». ### Examples - There is an infinite number of counting numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x1) - The teacher has infinite patience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x2) - Is the universe infinite? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x3) - A line is infinite, but a line segment has two ends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x4) - You can't count to infinity because numbers are infinite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x5) - The sky looked infinite from the mountain top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x6) - The choices in the game seemed infinite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x7) - Still this band of young bards would have been of infinite interest to Fionn, not on account of what they had learned, but because of what they knew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/#x8) ### Note Pronounced «IN-fin-it», not «in-FINE-ite» (even though «finite» is «FY-nite»). Opposite: finite. Noun: infinity; adverb: infinitely. Infinity is not a number you can reach; «infinity plus one» is still infinity. Some infinities are bigger than others, a surprising fact from maths. ## In Jewish tradition Sefer Yetzirah says the ten Sephiroth have no end, and Kalisch's note says all numbers flow from one unit, as everything flows from God. **Interpretation.** Tradition reads the endlessness of the Sephiroth as a sign that God's creation and wisdom cannot be measured. ### Examples - These ten Sephiroth which are ineffable, whose appearance is like scintillating flames, have no end but are infinite. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/infinite/#x1) - 11) As the infinite series of numbers starts from one unit, so was the whole Universe formed a unity, that centres in the Godhead. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/infinite/#x2) - How infinite numbers of words are formed out of the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/infinite/#x3) - Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. (Writings PSA.147.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/infinite/#x4) - Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. (Prophets NAM.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/infinite/#x5) ### Note Pronounced «IN-fin-it», not «in-FINE-ite» (even though «finite» is «FY-nite»). Opposite: finite. Noun: infinity; adverb: infinitely. Infinity is not a number you can reach; «infinity plus one» is still infinity. Some infinities are bigger than others, a surprising fact from maths. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «infinite» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«infinite» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/infinite.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «infinite» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/infinite/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«infinite» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/infinite.html) on Mova free.