ALL meanings of determiner
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D d - countable noun determiner In grammar, a determiner is a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate, for example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several. Common English determiners are 'a', 'the', 'some', 'this', and 'each'. 3
- noun determiner a word, such as a number, article, possessive adjective, etc, that determines (limits) the meaning of a noun phrase, e.g. their in 'their black cat' 3
- noun determiner a person or thing that determines 3
- noun determiner anything that determines 3
- noun determiner a word, such as a, the, this, each, some, either, or my, that determines the use of a noun without essentially modifying it and is placed before a descriptive adjective 3
- noun determiner a person or thing that determines. 1
- noun determiner Grammar. a member of a subclass of English limiting adjectival words that usually precede descriptive adjectives and include the articles the, a, and an, and any words that may substitute for them, as your, their, some, and each. 1
- noun determiner sth conclusive 1
- noun determiner cause 1
- noun determiner grammar: modifier 1
- noun determiner A person or thing that determines or decides something. 1
- noun determiner (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it. 0
- noun determiner (grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase marking the NP 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. 0
- noun determiner Something that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else. 0