Definite has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | It will be four years before the definite result of beef liberalization emerges. | |
| 2. | A scientist had to know how to ask the correct question and to state it so clearly that the answer would be, in effect, a definite yes or no, not "maybe". | |
| 3. | Give me a definite answer. | |
| 4. | There is a definite time to return the book. | |
| 5. | I cannot give you a definite answer today. | |
| 6. | I want you to have a definite plan before you leave. | |
| 7. | In the absence of definite evidence, he was acquitted. | |
| 8. | Cost is a definite factor in making our decision. | |
| 9. | The uncertainty about the weather has had a definite effect upon the Englishman's character. | |
| 10. | It is definite that he will go to America. |