adj
Meaning 1
Lacking a definition or value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
undefined
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- The result of division by zero is undefined.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An undefined value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an undefined term
- undefined authority
- some undefined sense of excitement
- vague feelings of sadness
- a vague uneasiness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vague
Antonyms: defined
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English defined English undefined From un- + defined.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неопределе́н (neopredelén) — lacking definition or value
- Catalan: indefinit — lacking definition or value
- Chinese Mandarin: 未定義 /未定义 (wèidìngyì) — lacking definition or value
- Czech: nedefinovaný — lacking definition or value
- Finnish: määrittelemätön — lacking definition or value
- Finnish: epämääräinen — lacking definition or value
- French: indéfini — lacking definition or value
- Italian: indefinito — lacking definition or value
- Polish: niezdefiniowany — lacking definition or value
- Polish: nieokreślony — lacking definition or value
- Portuguese: indefinido — lacking definition or value
- Romanian: nedefinit — lacking definition or value
- Russian: неопределённый (neopredeljónnyj) — lacking definition or value
- Catalan: indefinit — mathematics: without interpretation
- Finnish: määrittelemätön — mathematics: without interpretation
- French: indéfini — mathematics: without interpretation
- Romanian: nedefinit — mathematics: without interpretation
- Russian: неопределённый (neopredeljónnyj) — mathematics: without interpretation
- Vietnamese: không xác định — mathematics: without interpretation
Real reading context