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Determiner
//dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə(ɹ)// noun
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Noun
- 1 Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.; A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
"Near-synonym: definer"
- 2 a determining or causal element or factor wordnet
- 3 Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.; Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
"Near-synonyms: decider, decisor, disposer, definer, arbiter, arbitrator, decisionmaker"
- 4 one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases wordnet
- 5 A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
"Near-synonym: determinative (broadly synonymous)"
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- 6 an argument that is conclusive wordnet
- 7 A dependent function in a noun phrase that marks it as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.
"Near-synonym: determinative (broadly synonymous)"
Etymology
From determine + -er.
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