Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bare infinitive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: bare in-fini-tive
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The infinitive form of an English verb without the particle to; a comparable infinitive in other Germanic languages, e.g. a German infinitive without a preceding "zu", or a Swedish one without a preceding "att".

Inflected Forms

bare infinitives (plural)

Antonyms

full infinitive to-infinitive

Questions

What does bare infinitive mean?: The infinitive form of an English verb without the particle to; a comparable infinitive in other Germanic languages, e.g. a German infinitive without a preceding "zu", or a Swedish one without a preceding "att".

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