What does determinative mean?

determinative means "one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in determinative?

determinative has 5 syllables: de-ter-mi-na-tive. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /dɪˈtɝmɪnəˌtɪv/.

What is another word for determinative?

Close synonyms include determiner, determinant, determiner, determining factor, causal factor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is determinative a common word?

determinative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with determinative?

3 words rhyme with determinative. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

determinative — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
Synonymsdeterminer
Broaderfunction word
Narrowerarticle
2.
a determining or causal element or factor
“education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life”
Synonymsdeterminant determiner determining factor causal factor
Broadercognitive factor
Narrowerclincher influence

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having the power or quality of deciding
“the crucial experiment”
“cast the deciding vote”
“the determinative (or determinant) battle”
Synonymsdeciding determinant determining
Similardecisive

Other forms of determinative

plural: determinatives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about determinative

What does determinative mean?: determinative means "one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in determinative?: determinative has 5 syllables: de-ter-mi-na-tive. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /dɪˈtɝmɪnəˌtɪv/.
What is another word for determinative?: Close synonyms include determiner, determinant, determiner, determining factor, causal factor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is determinative a common word?: determinative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with determinative?: 3 words rhyme with determinative. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for determinative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
Synonymsdeterminer
Broaderfunction word
Narrowerarticle
2.
a determining or causal element or factor
“education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life”
Synonymsdeterminant determiner determining factor causal factor
Broadercognitive factor
Narrowerclincher influence

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having the power or quality of deciding
“the crucial experiment”
“cast the deciding vote”
“the determinative (or determinant) battle”
Synonymsdeciding determinant determining
Similardecisive

Other forms of determinative

plural: determinatives·

Questions about determinative

What does determinative mean?: determinative means "one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in determinative?: determinative has 5 syllables: de-ter-mi-na-tive. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /dɪˈtɝmɪnəˌtɪv/.
What is another word for determinative?: Close synonyms include determiner, determinant, determiner, determining factor, causal factor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is determinative a common word?: determinative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with determinative?: 3 words rhyme with determinative. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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