Determinative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. serving to determine; determining.
noun
  1. something that determines.
  2. a graphic symbol used in ideographic writing to denote a semantic class and written next to a word to indicate in what semantic category that word is to be understood, thus at times distinguishing homographs.
adjective
  1. able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding
noun
  1. a factor, circumstance, etc, that settles or determines
  2. grammar a less common word for determiner
  3. (in a logographic writing system) a logogram that bears a separate meaning, from which compounds and inflected forms are built up
Determinative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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