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Definition of Determiner

1. Noun. An argument that is conclusive.

2. Noun. One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases.

3. Noun. A determining or causal element or factor. "Education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

Definition of Determiner

1. n. One who, or that which, determines or decides.

Definition of Determiner

1. Noun. (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it. Examples of determiners include articles (a, the), demonstratives (this, those), cardinal numbers (three, fifty), and indefinite numerals (most, any, each). ¹

2. Noun. (grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase marking the NP 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. ¹

3. Noun. Something that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Determiner

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Determiner

determinately determinateness determinates determination determinations determinative determinatively determinativeness determinatives determinator

determinators determine determined determinedly determinedness determiner (current term) determiner phrase determiners determines determinest

determineth determining determining(a) determining factor determinism determinisms determinist deterministic deterministic model deterministically

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