determiner
Definitions
noun
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
Near-synonym: definer
In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
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)]
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.
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.