determiner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
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.

/dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-determiner.wav /dɪˈtɝ.mɪ.nɚ/

determiner determiners

From determine + -er.

definer decider decisor disposer arbiter arbitrator decisionmaker determinative[Appendix:Glossary

article demonstrative

determiner phrase predeterminer postdeterminer null determiner determinerhood determinerless

Dutch: aanwijzer Finnish: määrittäjä Italian: determinante Polish: determinant Polish: determinanta Portuguese: determinador Spanish: determinador

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