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determiner

See also: déterminer

English

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Etymology

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From determine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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determiner (plural determiners)

  1. Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
    1. A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
      Near-synonym: definer
      In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.
      • 1901, Azel Ames, The Mayflower and Her Log:
        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 […]
    2. Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
      Near-synonyms: decider, decisor, disposer, definer, arbiter, arbitrator, decisionmaker
      He is the determiner [usually referring to God (in theological contexts) and job roles (in administrative contexts)]
      Who is the determiner? [administratively or theologically]
      The software is the determiner if no input is given before the prompt times out.
  2. (grammar)
    1. A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
      Hypernym: function word
      Hyponyms: article (i.e., a, an, the); demonstrative determiner (e.g., this, that, these, those); possessive determiner; cardinal number (e.g., 3, three, 51, fifty-one); quantifier (e.g., most, any, much, each); predeterminer, central determiner, postdeterminer
      Near-synonym: determinative (broadly synonymous)
      Definite articles and indefinite articles are types of determiners.
    2. 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.
      Near-synonym: determinative (broadly synonymous)
      In the sentence "Many people voted for him," the word many is a determiner.

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Further reading

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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin dēterminō.

Verb

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determiner

  1. to determine

Conjugation

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  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of determiner (first conjugation)
infinitive determiner, determiné
auxiliary verb avea gerund determinan
past participle determiné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present determine, determineie determines, determineies determina, determineia, determinea determinon determineis determina, determineia
imperfect determinove determinoves determinova determinovan determinovais determinova
future determinaré determinaras determinarà determinaron determinareis determinarà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present determine, determineie determines, determineies determine, determineie determinon determineis determine
imperfect determinasse determinasses determinassa determinassan determinassais determinassa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— determina, determineia — determinon determinede —

Latin

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Verb

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dēterminer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēterminō
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