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Meaning of "determinative" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DETERMINATIVE

dɪˈtɜːmɪnətɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETERMINATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Determinative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DETERMINATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Determinative

A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and functionally they resemble classifiers in East Asian and sign languages. For example, Egyptian hieroglyphic determinatives include symbols for divinities, people, parts of the body, animals, plants, and books/abstract ideas, which helped in reading but none of which were pronounced.

Definition of determinative in the English dictionary

The first definition of determinative in the dictionary is able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding. Other definition of determinative is a factor, circumstance, etc, that settles or determines. Determinative is also a logogram that bears a separate meaning, from which compounds and inflected forms are built up.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETERMINATIVE

agglutinative · carminative · contaminative · coordinative · decontaminative · denominative · discriminative · disseminative · dominative · eliminative · exterminative · germinative · illuminative · imaginative · nominative · predeterminative · recriminative · ruminative · terminative · unimaginative

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DETERMINATIVE

determinability · determinable · determinably · determinacy · determinant · determinantal · determinate · determinately · determinateness · determination · determinatively · determinativeness · determinator · determine · determined · determinedly · determinedness · determiner · determining · determinism

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETERMINATIVE

active · administrative · alternative · collaborative · comparative · conservative · cooperative · creative · decorative · derivative · in the negative · informative · initiative · innovative · legislative · narrative · native · negative · quantitative · relative · representative

Synonyms and antonyms of determinative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «determinative» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DETERMINATIVE

Find out the translation of determinative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of determinative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «determinative» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

决定性的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

determinante
570 millions of speakers
en

English

determinative
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

निर्धारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حاسمة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

определяющим
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

determinante
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সঙ্কল্পত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

déterminant
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Penentu
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

bestimmend
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

決定するもの
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

결정적
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Determinatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hạn định
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நிர்ணயக்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

निर्धारक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

belirleyici
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

determinante
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

rozstrzygające
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

визначальним
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

determinant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθοριστικοί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bepalend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bestämmande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

determinative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of determinative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETERMINATIVE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of determinative
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «determinative».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about determinative

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETERMINATIVE»

Discover the use of determinative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to determinative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
This edition is intended solely for the identification of those bacteria that have been described and cultured.
John G. Holt, 1994
2
From Egg to Embryo: Determinative Events in Early Development
This book is about the development of the animal embryo starting from the fertilised egg.
Jonathan Michael Wyndham Slack, 1983
3
A Manual of Determinative Mineralogy, with Tables for the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
J. Volney B. 1869 Lewis, 2010
4
Manual of Determinative Mineralogy
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
George J. Brush, 2007
5
Manual of Determinative Mineralogy: With an Introduction on ...
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in New York, 1898.
George Jarvis Brush, 1999
6
Manual of Determinative Mineralogy. with an Introduction on ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Samuel Lewis Penfield, 2008
7
Profile of legal malpractice: a statistical study of ...
This work provides a statistical analysis of lawyers' professional liability claims, drawing on data gathered by the National Legal Malpractice Data Center.
ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, 1986
8
A manual of Blowpipe-Analysis and Determinative Mineralogy ...
William ELDERHORST. Philadelphia, December 6, 1860. DEAR Sim—After a careful examination of Elderhorst's “Blow-pipe Analysis," Second Edition, which you have recently published, I am of opinion that it is the best treatise on the subject ...
William ELDERHORST, 1861
9
Clay Mineralogy: Spectroscopic and Chemical Determinative ...
This book, edited by one of the most prominent and respected authorities in the field, looks at advanced techniques which are gradually developing into routine methods: the spectroscopic and chemical methods.
Michael Jeffrey Wilson, 1994
10
A Manual of Determinative Mineralogy
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Charles Hyde Warren, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETERMINATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term determinative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What Is A "Financial Covenant"? An Illinois Court Decides
The court noted that, while not "outcome determinative," GDI had not argued that it could have cured the default and that "the events that ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
2
Second Circuit Adopts "Primary Beneficiary" Test to Determine …
The Second Circuit stated that in applying these factors, no one factor is determinative and every factor need not point in the same direction. «The National Law Review, Jul 15»
3
Government loses Supreme Court case on determining ordinary …
... of state to decide that it was the nature of PH's relationship with his parents and their home that was determinative of ordinary residence. «Communitycare.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Ralston: Sizing up Cortez Masto vs. Heck matchup
That is substantial and possibly determinative. Advantage: Cortez Masto. Ralston gives Cortez Masto the edge on desire, party organization, ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jul 15»
5
The private lives of child rioters
... a reasonable expectation of privacy might carry considerable weight and even be considered a 'rule of thumb', it could not be determinative. «UK Human Rights Blog, Jul 15»
6
Re R (A Child) [2015] EWCA Civ 674
However, Mr Setright submits that "length of time" is never determinative and the court must look at other factors particularly "permanence" and ... «Family Law Week, Jul 15»
7
Canadian Government Overhauls The Integrity Regime For Suppliers
... third parties to provide information about foreign conviction but states rather vaguely that the "opinion of Canada" will be determinative. «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
8
Is Your Society Healthy? Take This Short Quiz To Find Out!
Don't worry about exceptions to general rules, or whether your question is wholly comprehensive; no single question need be determinative, ... «Ricochet.com, Jul 15»
9
Behind That F-35 Air Combat Report
History is instructive, but not determinative. Notably, air-to-air conflicts in the past 30 years have been grossly unbalanced. The U.S. and its ... «Aviation Week, Jul 15»
10
Mother loses maternity benefit action over surrogacy
... that regard, she would not give a definite view because the determinative matter was the payment at issue was a payment created by statute. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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