Absolute | Mean of absolute in English Dictionary

/ˈæbsəˌluːt/

• complete and total
1. You can't predict the future with absolute certainty.
2. I have absolute faith/confidence in her ability to get the job done.
3. He swore an oath of absolute secrecy.
4. When it comes to using computers, I'm an absolute beginner.
5. I swear that what I'm telling you is the absolute truth.
6. He was an absolute disgrace to his family.
7. That's absolute nonsense/rubbish!
8. (US) That restaurant serves the absolute best Mexican food I've ever eaten. [=that restaurant serves absolutely the best Mexican food I've ever eaten]
9. That's the most absolute nonsense/rubbish I ever heard!
• not limited in any way
1. a ruler with absolute power = a ruler whose power is absolute
2. absolute authority
• having unlimited power
1. The country is ruled by an absolute dictator/monarch.

• ruled by someone with unlimited power
1. The country is an absolute monarchy.
• not allowing any doubt
1. He says that he has absolute [=certain] proof that his client is innocent.
• never changing
1. You have the absolute right to remain silent.
2. an absolute requirement = a requirement that is absolute
3. absolute [=unqualified] freedom
• not depending on or compared with anything else
1. The company has grown in absolute terms, but its share of the market is actually less than it was a few years ago.