determinative
determinative · determinatives
An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scriptsAn ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
US/dɪtˈɝmɪnətˌɪv/
Meaning
2 sensesAn ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
More definitions
- one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
- a determining or causal element or factor
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle French déterminatif. Equivalent to determine + -ative.From Middle French déterminatif. Equivalent to determine + -ative.
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Forms
plural: determinatives| Singular | determinative |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases:determiner
- a determining or causal element or factor:determinantdeterminerdetermining factorcausal factor
Word family
3 related wordsDerivedphonetic determinative