ad infinitum

[ ad in-fuh-nahy-tuhm, ad in- ]

/ æd ˌɪn fəˈnaɪ təm, ˌæd ɪn- /

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adverb

to infinity; endlessly; without limit. Abbreviations: ad inf., ad infin

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Origin of ad infinitum

From Latin

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How to use ad infinitum in a sentence

Teens who had been embarassed by Facebook postings and texts, easily captured and shared an infinitum, quickly glommed onto it.
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That is, something beneficial is not beneficial ad infinitum.
Malcolm Gladwell In Five Minutes: What to Know to Pretend You’ve Read the New Book|Thomas Flynn|October 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Good versus evil, light versus dark, a snake eats its own tail, ad infinitum.
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Nick and I knew many of the same people and had many of the same obsessions, which we discussed ad infinitum.
My Dishy Phone Calls With Dominick Dunne|Jane Hitchcock|August 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST

So the frontier dispute dragged on ad infinitum till the British Consul left it to settle itself, and went back to Tabriz.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Then you'll postpone the gravel-pit performance ad infinitum?
Frank Fairlegh|Frank E. Smedley
He could indeed go on writing pernicious articles about the Prime Minister ad infinitum,—from year's end to year's end.
The Prime Minister|Anthony Trollope
He must have had another will to create this will, and a third will to create the second, and so on ad infinitum, which is absurd.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
As we cannot proceed ad infinitum, there must be a first which is the cause of the existence of everything else.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik

British Dictionary definitions for ad infinitum

ad infinitum

/ (æd ˌɪnfɪˈnaɪtəm) /

adverb

without end; endlessly; to infinityAbbreviation: ad inf

Word Origin for ad infinitum

Latin

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