DETERMINATIVE

determinant, deciding(a), determinative, determining

(adjective) having the power or quality of deciding; “the crucial experiment”; “cast the deciding vote”; “the determinative (or determinant) battle”

determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor

(noun) a determining or causal element or factor; “education is an important determinant of one’s outlook on life”

determiner, determinative

(noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

determinative (plural determinatives)

(linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.

(grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it. Examples of determinatives include articles (a, the), demonstratives (this, those), cardinal numbers (three, fifty), and indefinite numerals (most, any, each).

Synonyms

• (ideogram): taxogram

• (grammar): determiner

Adjective

determinative (comparative more determinative, superlative most determinative)

Determining (deciding) something.

Source: Wiktionary

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De*ter"mi*na*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. déterminatif.]

Definition: Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor. Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs.

De*ter"mi*na*tive, n.

Definition: That which serves to determine. Explanatory determinatives . . . were placed after words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an aid to the reader in determining the meaning. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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