determinative

noun

Meaning

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).
Determining (deciding) something.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Sources

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