finite

Etymology

From Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). Displaced native Old English ġeendodlīċ.

adj

  1. Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
  2. (grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
    The "goes" in "he goes" is a finite form of a verb, the third-person singular.

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