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Determinative

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That determines something.
  2. 2
    Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law).

    "When assigning custody, the preference of the child will be considered, but it is not determinative."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having the power or quality of deciding wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
  2. 2
    a determining or causal element or factor wordnet
  3. 3
    A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
  4. 4
    one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French déterminatif.

Etymology 2

From Middle French déterminatif.

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