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determiner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈtɝ.mɪ.nɚ/ (General-American)
  • /dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə(ɹ)/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English determine Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English determiner From determine + -er.

Meanings

  1. Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else. ▸ A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
    • In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.
    • Near-synonym: definer
    • The "steel-yards" and "measures" were the only determiners of weight and quantity — as the hour-glass and sun dial were of time — possessed at first (so far as appears) by the passengers of the Pilgrim ship […] 1901, Azel Ames, The Mayflower and Her Log:
  2. Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else. ▸ Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
    • The software is the determiner if no input is given before the prompt times out.
    • He is the determiner [usually referring to God (in theological contexts) and job roles (in administrative contexts)]
    • Near-synonyms: decider, decisor, disposer, definer, arbiter, arbitrator, decisionmaker
    • Who is the determiner? [administratively or theologically]
  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.
  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.
    • In the sentence "Many people voted for him," the word many is a determiner.
    • Near-synonym: determinative (broadly synonymous)

Forms

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Deriveds

predeterminer · determinerless · null determiner · determiner phrase · determinerhood · postdeterminer

Hypernyms

function word

Relateds

demonstrative · article

Synonyms

decisionmaker · determinative[Appendix:Glossary · definer · arbiter · arbitrator · determinative[Appendix:Glossary · disposer · definer · decider · decisor

Translations (70)

it determinante (something that determines) · ca determinant (class of words) · pl determinant (something that determines) · sh детермина̀нта (class of words) · ro determinant (class of words) · fr déterminant (class of words) · ms penunjuk (class of words) · pt determinante (class of words) · bg детермина́нта (class of words) · mk детермина́нта (class of words) · nl determinator (class of words) · cmn 限定語 /限定语 (class of words) · da determinator (class of words) · bn নির্ণায়ক (class of words) · sh determinànta (class of words) · ar مُحَدِّدَة (class of words) · tg муайянкунандаи (class of words) · it determinante (dependent function in a noun phrase) · ja 限定詞 (class of words) · eo determinanto (class of words) · mn ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠭᠴᠢ ᠦᠭᠡ (class of words) · lt determinantas (class of words) · pl determinanta (something that determines) · ga cinntitheach (class of words) · ru определя́ющее сло́во (class of words) · es determinador (something that determines) · cmn 限定詞 /限定词 (class of words) · de Determinans (class of words) · nl aanwijzer (something that determines) · uk детермінати́в (class of words) · fi determinatiivipronomini (class of words) · vi từ hạn định (class of words) · de Determinativ (class of words) · th ดีเทอร์มิเนอร์ (class of words) · uk визна́чник (class of words) · nn determinativ (class of words) · mn тодотгогч үг (class of words) · ur دترمینان (class of words) · pt determinador (something that determines) · fi tarkenne (dependent function in a noun phrase) · pl określnik (dependent function in a noun phrase) · cs determinátor (class of words) · mi (kupu) pūmau (class of words) · uz mezondir (class of words) · no bestemmelsesord (class of words) · cy banodolyn (class of words) · hu névelőféle (class of words) · hu determináns (class of words) · it aggettivo determinativo (class of words) · sv determinant (class of words) · mn ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠯ ᠦᠭᠡ (class of words) · nb determinativ (class of words) · mn тодотгогч (class of words) · ko 관형사 (class of words) · nl determinator (dependent function in a noun phrase) · de Artikelwort (class of words) · mn тодотгол үг (class of words) · fa دترمینان (class of words) · fi määrittäjä (something that determines) · vi định thức (class of words) · ru детерминати́в (class of words) · ko 한정사 (class of words) · no determinativ (class of words) · hu melléknévi értékben álló névmás (class of words) · be дэтэрмінаты́ў (class of words) · el προσδιοριστής (class of words) · mn ᠲᠣᠳᠣᠳᠬᠠᠭᠴᠢ (class of words) · pl określnik (class of words) · de Determinierer (class of words) · es determinante (class of words)