adj
Meaning 1
That determines something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
determinative
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adj
Meaning 2
Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
- When assigning custody, the preference of the child will be considered, but it is not determinative.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: taxogram
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: determiner
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having the power or quality of deciding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the crucial experiment
- cast the deciding vote
- the determinative (or determinant) battle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deciding(a), determinant, determining(a)
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a determining or causal element or factor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: determinant, determiner, determining factor, causal factor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cognitive factor
Narrower terms: clincher, decisive factor, influence
noun
Meaning 7
one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: determiner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: function word, closed-class word
Narrower terms: article
History
Etymology
From Middle French déterminatif. Equivalent to determine + -ative.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: determinant — determining something
- Chinese Mandarin: 决定性的 (jué dìng xìng de) — determining something
- Chinese Mandarin: 确定性的 (què dìng xìng de) — determining something
- Dutch: determinant — determining something
- Dutch: bepalend — determining something
- Finnish: determinatiivinen — determining something
- Polish: określający — determining something
- Polish: determinatyw — determiner
- Spanish: determinativo — determiner
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