determiner

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. — Vortarulo

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1. 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

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

2. 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.

3. 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)]

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.

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