Meaning

4 senses
  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

    In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.

  2. Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.

    Near-synonyms: decider, decisor, disposer, definer, arbiter, arbitrator, decisionmaker

    He is the determiner [usually referring to God (in theological contexts) and job roles (in administrative contexts)]

  3. 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)

    Definite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners.

    Artikelwort, Determinans, Determinativ

    определя́ющее сло́воopredeljájuščeje slóvo, детерминати́вdɛtɛrminatív

    визна́чникvyznáčnyk, детермінати́вdeterminatýv

  4. 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)

    In the sentence "Many people voted for him," the word many is a determiner.

More definitions
  • one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
  • a determining or causal element or factor
  • an argument that is conclusive

Examples

3 sentences
  1. An arbiter is a fair and impartial determiner of fact.

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  2. Is "that" functioning as a pronoun or a determiner here?

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  3. I read the article "The Emergence of Determiner Clisis in Upriver Halkomelem."

    deIch habe den Artikel „Die Entstehung der Determinierer-Klitisierung im Upriver Halkomelem“ gelesen.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: determiners
Singulardeterminer
Pluraldeterminers

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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