finite
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- If something is finite, it has a limit. It doesn't keep going forever.
- This problem has a finite number of correct answers.
- There is a finite amount of energy in the universe.
- (grammar) A finite clause is one that has a verb in present or past tense or is imperative or subjunctive.
- Main clauses are always finite, but subordinate clauses can be finite or non-finite.
- In the sentence "I want to go to the store", "to go to the store" is a non-finite clause.