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BNC: 6830 COCA: 31428

infinitive

infinitive /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv/ noun
plural infinitives
infinitive
/ɪnˈfɪnətɪv/
noun
plural infinitives
Learner's definition of INFINITIVE
[count] grammar
: the basic form of a verb(动词的)不定式
◊ In English the infinitive form of a verb is usually used with to (“I asked him to go”) except with modal verbs like should and could (“He should go”) and certain other verbs like see and hear (“I saw him go”).英语中动词不定式通常与to连用,除非前接should或could等情态动词以及某些其他动词如see或hear。
see also split infinitive

— infinitive

adjective
BNC: 6830 COCA: 31428

infinitive

1 of 2

adjective

in·​fin·​i·​tive in-ˈfi-nə-tiv How to pronounce infinitive (audio)
: formed with the infinitive
infinitively adverb

infinitive

2 of 2

noun

: a verb form normally identical in English with the first person singular that performs some functions of a noun and at the same time displays some characteristics of a verb and that is used with to (as in "I asked him to go") except with auxiliary and various other verbs (as in "no one saw him leave")

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
This substitution of the conjunction and for the to that is part of an infinitive verb happens almost exclusively with the verb try. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
Noun
James Tiberius Kirk used to boldly go where no one has gone before — and never apologized for splitting the infinitive. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2022 To love, synonymous with to be, a defective verb that only knows the present infinitive. Claudio Magris, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021 Shakespeare split just one infinitive, the King James Bible none. The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English infinityf, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French infinitif, borrowed from Late Latin infīnītīvus, from Latin infīnītus "not specified, indefinite, of a verbal form that does not specify person or number" + -īvus -ive — more at infinite entry 1

Noun

borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French infinitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin infīnītīvus, noun derivative of Late Latin infīnītīvus infinitive entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1530, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of infinitive was in the 15th century
BNC: 6830 COCA: 31428
infinitive

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + INFINITIVE ADJECTIVEbare不帶 to 的不定式Modal verbs generally take the bare infinitive.情態動詞通常用不帶 to 的不定式。perfect不定式完成式You use 'have' to form the perfect infinitive of a verb.用 have 一詞構成動詞不定式的完成式。passive不定式的被動語態split分裂不定式The use of the split infinitive is now generally acceptable.分裂不定式的用法現在已被廣泛接受。VERB + INFINITIVEform構成不定式take用不定式split分裂不定式

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