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Webster 1913 Edition
Determinative
De-ter′mi-na-tive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
déterminatif
.] Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.
Incidents . . .
determinative
of their course. I. Taylor.
Determinative tables
(Nat. Hist.)
, tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs.
De-ter′mi-na-tive
,Noun.
That which serves to determine.
Explanatory
determinatives
. . . were placed after words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an aid to the reader in determining the meaning. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Webster 1828 Edition
Determinative
DETERMINATIVE
,Adj.
1.
That uncontrollably directs to a certain end.The determinative power of a just cause.
2.
Limiting; that limits or bounds; as, a word may be determinative and limit the subject.Definition 2024
determinative
determinative
English
Noun
determinative (plural determinatives)
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the, this, most, any, and three are determinatives (in grammar). |
- (linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
- (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 determinatives include articles (a, the), demonstratives (this, those), cardinal numbers (three, fifty), and indefinite numerals (most, any, each).
Synonyms
- (ideogram): taxogram
- (grammar): determiner
Translations
a class of words
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determiner — see determiner
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See also
External links
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determinative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Adjective
determinative (comparative more determinative, superlative most determinative)
- Determining (deciding) something.
- 1905 January 21, Ch. Kent, opinion, New York Foundling Hospital v. Gatti, Arizona [Territorial] Supreme Court, as reported in, 1907, The Lawyers Reports Annotated, new series, volume 7, page 313 :
- This proceeding, though not presenting questions difficult of determination, or points of law that are novel, is unusual in many of its features, and is important as determinative of the disposition and welfare of a number of little children, ignorant of the contest that is being carried on in regard to them.
- 2009 July, International Accounting Standards Board, Financial Instruments, ISBN 9781905590698, page 617 :
- An entity does not automatically conclude that any observed transaction price is determinative of fair value.
- 1905 January 21, Ch. Kent, opinion, New York Foundling Hospital v. Gatti, Arizona [Territorial] Supreme Court, as reported in, 1907, The Lawyers Reports Annotated, new series, volume 7, page 313 :
Translations
determining something
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