

absolute
/ˈæb.səˌljuːt/ /ˈæb.səˌlut/





noun
(usually capitalized) The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.
















adjective
Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.




adjective
(grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".



adjective
Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.


