determiner
Collocations
3ADJ.
fair, impartial
DETERMINER + NOUN
clisis, fact, upriver
PREP.
in
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a determining or causal element or factor
noun — one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the
noun — an argument that is conclusive
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Near-synonym: definer
WiktionaryIn quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.
WiktionaryThe "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 Pilgri
WiktionaryAn arbiter is a fair and impartial determiner of fact.
Tatoeba · #8286220I read the article "The Emergence of Determiner Clisis in Upriver Halkomelem."
Tatoeba · #10671683Is "that" functioning as a pronoun or a determiner here?
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