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Definition of Predeterminer
1. Noun. (grammar) The function of a phrase that precedes a determiner in a noun phrase and modifies the head noun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predeterminer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predeterminer
Literary usage of Predeterminer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... then the phrase a bunch of is functioning essentially as a modifier—it is, in
fact, very similar to what many modern grammarians call a predeterminer. ..."
2. The Methodist Review (1879)
"... that it makes God the responsible predeterminer and wilier of sin; and that
it makes every sinner to say that his sin accords with the Divine Will, and, ..."
3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"Predestination, predeterminer! order or series of things and events; decree of
fate ; tendency to danger. FATALLY, fa'tal-le. ad. ..."
4. The Science of Ethics as Based on the Science of Knowledge by Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1897)
"Each link in a series of nature is a predeterminer, be it according to the law
of mechanism or of organization. Hence if we know the nature of a thing, ..."
5. Essays, Reviews, and Discourses by Daniel Denison Whedon (1887)
"... that the predetermination of the agent's volitions destroys the freedom of
his will; that it makes God the responsible predeterminer and wilier of sin; ..."
6. Sexual Science: Including Manhod, Womanhood, and Their Mutual Interrelations by Orson Squire Fowler (1870)
"WHATEVER grows has its CHIT — that from, which taproot and rootlets, trunk, bark,
limbs, fruit, and leaves proceed ; the grand predeterminer of the shape, ..."
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