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determinatives

The correct spelling is determinatives.

How to pronounce determinatives

noun

Say it like: Det-erm-ina-tiv-es

The correct spelling is determinatives. An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.

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noun

  1. 1.An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
  2. 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).

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