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Raredeterminative
The correct spelling is determinative.
How to pronounce determinative
noun
Say it like: Det-erm-ina-tiv-e
The correct spelling is determinative. An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
- 2.(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).
adjective
- 1.Determining (deciding) something.
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