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Definition: Determiner |
DeterminerNoun1. An argument that is conclusive. 2. One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases. 3. A determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Language | Term used to label the class of words which includes the definite and indefinite articles, the demonstrative adjectives and a variety of other words that have much the same distribution as the definite article. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Determiners consist of subsets of parts of speech. Articles fall into a determiner category, which are words that typically precede nouns and offer grammatical information about them (e.g. whether or not the nouns are indefinite or definite). Determiners may also include counting words that quantify nouns
Determiners are also known as demonstratives
- many (countable nouns)
- several (countable nouns)
- few (countable nouns)
- some (uncountable nouns)
- all
that can also modify nouns (e.g. "this book"). Possessive pronouns and nouns that modify nouns may also be classified as determiners (e.g. "my book", "John's book").
- this
- that
- these (indicating close proximity to plural objects)
- those (indicationg far away plural objects)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Determiner."
Synonyms: DeterminerSynonyms: causal factor (n), clincher (n), determinant (n), determinative (n), determining factor (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Determiner |
| English words defined with "determiner": article ♦ definite article ♦ indefinite article. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "determiner": data path. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| "Determiner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Determiner" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 31 | 62,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
determiner | 4 |
determiner grammar | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "determiner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | determinativ, bestemmerled, bestemmer. (various references) | |
French | déterminant (determinant). (various references) | |
German | Determinator. (various references) | |
Greek | καθοριστικό. (various references) | |
Italian | determinante (determinant). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 限定詞 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | げんていし. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eterminerday.(various references) | |
Romanian | determinant (decisive, determinant, determinative). (various references) | |
Russian | определяющее слово. (various references) | |
Spanish | determinante (determinant). (various references) | |
Turkish | niteleyici sözcük (attributive, determinative), belirteç (adverb, indicator). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "determiner": determiners. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "determiner": predeterminer. (additional references) | |
Words containing "determiner": predeterminers. (additional references) | |
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"Determiner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dedermine, deermine, Dejerine, determime, determin, determinare, determinen, determinor, detremine, Doberiner. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-n-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: determine. | |
-2 letters: interred, reindeer, reminder, reminted, reremind, tenderer, trendier. | |
-3 letters: demerit, dernier, dimeter, emender, emetine, entered, enterer, eremite, ermined, merited, metered, mitered, miterer, needier, nerdier, reedier, reedmen, reenter, reinter, rentier, retimed, retired, retiree, retried, teenier, terreen, terrene, terrine, tireder, trireme. | |
-4 letters: dement, denier, dieter, eerier, emetin, endite, entire, entree, ermine, eterne, itemed, meeter, mender. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-n-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: determiners, redetermine. | |
+2 letters: intermeddler, predetermine, redemptioner, redetermined, redetermines. | |
+3 letters: intermeddlers, mediterranean, predetermined, predeterminer, predetermines, redemptioners, redetermining. | |
+4 letters: intermediaries, interpermeated, misinterpreted, misrepresented, overdetermined, predeterminers, predetermining. | |
+5 letters: redetermination. | |
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