in‧fin‧i‧tive /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv, ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/ noun [countable] technical
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Late Latin; Origin: infinitivus, from Latin infinitus; because the verb is not limited by person or number]
in grammar, the basic form of a verb, used with ‘to’ in English. In the sentence ‘I want to watch television’, ‘to watch’ is an infinitive.
⇒ split infinitive

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infinitive
noun
ADJ. bare Modal verbs generally take the bare infinitive.
perfect You use ‘have’ to form the perfect infinitive of a verb.
passive | split The use of the split infinitive is now generally acceptable.
VERB + INFINITIVE form | take | split

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