Determiner

  • 21determiner — noun Date: circa 1530 one that determines: as a. gene b. a word (as an article, possessive, demonstrative, or quantifier) that makes specific the denotation of a noun phrase …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22determiner — the person who identifies a specimen. Abbreviated as det …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 23determiner — /di terr meuh neuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that determines. 2. Gram. a member of a subclass of English limiting adjectival words that usually precede descriptive adjectives and include the articles the, a, and an, and any words that may… …

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  • 24determiner — noun a) 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,… …

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  • 25determiner — de·ter·min·er tərm (ə )nər n GENE * * * de·ter·min·er (de turґmĭ nər) determinant …

    Medical dictionary

  • 26determiner — de|ter|min|er [dıˈtə:mınə US ˈtə:rmınər] n technical a word that is used before a noun in order to show which thing you mean. In the phrases the car and some cars , the and some are determiners …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27determiner — de|ter|min|er [ dı tɜrmınər ] noun count LINGUISTICS a word used before a noun for showing which thing or things you are talking about. The words a, the, this, some, and every are determiners …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28determiner — de ter·min·er || mɪnÉ™ n. adjective or modifier that limits a noun (Grammar) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 29determiner — noun 1》 a person or thing that determines something. 2》 Grammar a modifying word that determines the kind of reference a noun or noun group has, for example a, the, every …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30determiner — de·ter·min·er …

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