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This word has a string of important meanings in the broad area 'in an absolute position, manner, or degree', and can be applied to many domains of physical and conceptual activity including language and politics. It has also come to be used as a mere intensive comparable to completely or utterly, even in non-gradable contexts (absolutely awful, absolutely delightful, absolutely essential, absolutely necessary, absolutely nothing, absolutely out of the question). In conversation, absolutely is used 'absolutely' (i.e. without a grammatical complement) as a strong affirmative reply:

'Think you can do that?''Absolutely!'Dusty replied turning to her computer—Kristin Goode, 2003 [Old English (up to 1150)C].

With no and not, it is often used in speech as an emphatic refusal or denial:

'Because your mother insisted.' 'Absolutely not.'—B. Neil, 1993.

There's absolutely no point in saving for a pension on my current wages—BBC News, 2004 [Old English (up to 1150)C].

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1. Without question: certainly, doubtless, doubtlessly, positively, undoubtedly. See certain/uncertain, limited/unlimited.
2. To the fullest extent: all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well, wholly. Informal clean, clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.
3. It is so; as you say or ask: agreed, all right, assuredly, aye, gladly, indubitably, roger, undoubtedly, unquestionably, willingly, yea, yes. Informal OK, uh-huh, yeah, yep. Slang right on. See affirm/deny/argue.

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Definition: certainly, without question
Antonyms: doubtful, indefinite, not certain, not sure, questionable

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Definition: in a complete manner or degree
Antonyms: incomplete, partially

IN BRIEF: The state of being perfect, complete or whole.

I've come to the realizations that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time. — David Bowie

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - absolut, bestemt, ganske afgjort
int. - helt bestemt ja vist så

Nederlands (Dutch)
beslist, absoluut

Français (French)
adv. - absolument, entièrement, complètement, tout à fait, formellement, (Ling) absolument
int. - mais bien sûr, oui, tout à fait

Deutsch (German)
adv. - vollkommen, hundertprozentig
int. - ohne Zweifel! na klar!

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - απολύτως, πέρα για πέρα, τελείως

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - absolutamente

Русский (Russian)
абсолютно, совершенно, безусловно

Español (Spanish)
adv. - absolutamente, completamente, rotundamente, terminantemente
int. - ¡Claro!, ¡por supuesto!

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - absolut, fullständigt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
绝对地, 完全地, 一点不错, 正是如此

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 絕對地, 完全地, 一點不錯, 正是如此

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 절대적으로, 완전히, 단연
int. - 아무렴!

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 絶対的に, 無条件に, 完全に, 全くそのとおり

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بدون شك, بالتأكيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮לגמרי, בהחלט, נחרצות, באופן מושלם, באופן מוחלט‬
int. - ‮אמנם, אכן‬

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