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Meaning of "determiner" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DETERMINER

determiner  [dɪˈtɜːmɪnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETERMINER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Determiner is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES DETERMINER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Determiner

A determiner is a word, phrase or affix that occurs together with a noun or noun phrase and serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context. That is, a determiner may indicate whether the noun is referring to a definite or indefinite element of a class, to a closer or more distant element, to an element belonging to a specified person or thing, to a particular number or quantity, etc. Common kinds of determiners include definite and indefinite articles, demonstratives, possessive determiners, and quantifiers.

Definition of determiner in the English dictionary

The definition of determiner in the dictionary is a word, such as a number, article, possessive adjective, etc, that determines the meaning of a noun phrase, e.g. their in `their black cat'. Other definition of determiner is a person or thing that determines.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETERMINER


alumina
əˈluːmɪnə
examiner
ɪɡˈzæmɪnə
germina
ˈdʒɜːmɪnə
homologoumena
ˌhɒmələˈɡuːmɪnə
homologumena
ˌhɒmələˈɡuːmɪnə
interlaminar
ˌɪntəˈlæmɪnə
lamina
ˈlæmɪnə
limina
ˈlɪmɪnə
lumina
ˈluːmɪnə
Minna
ˈmɪnə
nomina
ˈnɒmɪnə
noumena
ˈnuːmɪnə
numina
ˈnjuːmɪnə
phenomena
fɪˈnɒmɪnə
predeterminer
ˌpriːdɪˈtɜːmɪnə
prolegomena
ˌprəʊleˈɡɒmɪnə
rumina
ˈruːmɪnə
stamina
ˈstæmɪnə
terminer
ˈtɜːmɪnə
tormina
ˈtɔːmɪnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DETERMINER

determinably
determinacy
determinant
determinantal
determinate
determinately
determinateness
determination
determinative
determinatively
determinativeness
determinator
determine
determined
determinedly
determinedness
determining
determinism
determinist
deterministic

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETERMINER

coal miner
container
continuous miner
cross-examiner
diner
external examiner
Freightliner
gold-miner
internal examiner
leaf miner
liner
medical examiner
miner
noisy miner
oral examiner
oyer and terminer
re-examiner
seiner
trainer
underminer

Synonyms and antonyms of determiner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «determiner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DETERMINER

Find out the translation of determiner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of determiner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «determiner» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

限定词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

determinante
570 millions of speakers

English

determiner
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निर्धारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

determiner
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

определитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

determinante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিয়ন্তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déterminant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penentu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bestimmungswort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

限定詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한정사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Determiner
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hạn định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துணிகாரணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्धारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirteç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

determinante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

determinantem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

визначник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

determinant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

determiner
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bepaler
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bestämmare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

deter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of determiner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETERMINER»

The term «determiner» is regularly used and occupies the 70.523 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of determiner
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DETERMINER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «determiner» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «determiner» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETERMINER»

Discover the use of determiner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to determiner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Possessors, Predicates, and Movement in the Determiner Phrase
This volume presents a cross-section of current research on the internal syntax of 'Determiner Phrases` (DPs), with special emphasis on the analysis of DPs modified by genitival, adjectival and other non-finite attributes.
Artemis Alexiadou, Chris Wilder, 1998
2
Layers in the Determiner Phrase
The main topic of this work is the interaction between syntactic structure and meanin within the noun phrase, with data drwn primarily from English and Italian.
Roberto Zamparelli, 2000
3
The Syntax and Semantics of a Determiner System: A Case ...
Within the framework of Chomsky's Minimalism and Formal Semantics, this work documents the development of the Mauritian Creole (MC) determiner system from the mid 18th century to the present.
Diana Guillemin, 2011
4
Genitives and Determiner Phrases - Jan Zijn Boek Vs John's Book
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), 12 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The following paper ...
Stefanie Udema, 2013
5
Lexical Categories in Spanish: The Determiner
McManness's argument makes the book unique and provides readers with a new way of looking at Spanish grammar.
Linda M. McManness, 1996
6
Noun Combination in Interlanguage: Typology Effects in ...
This study examines effects of L1 typology on the interlanguage of L2 learners of English.
Christiane Bongartz, 2002
7
Locality Domains in the Spanish Determiner Phrase
Examining its subject from a generative perspective, this highly detailed text deals with the syntax of nominal expressions.
M. Emma Ticio, 2009
8
Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English
1 08) suggests that the noun sincerity in a sentence such as Sincerity mav frighten the boy is modified by a null determiner. Chomsky's suggestion was taken up and extended in later work by Abney (1987), Longobardi (1994, 1996, 2001) and ...
Andrew Radford, 2004
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Noun Phrase Structure in the Languages of Europe
The preceding section presented evidence that in certain cases the relation between inserted and determiner genitives (i.e., the presence vs. the absence of an indefinite article in NPs with genitives) is similar to that between indefinite and  ...
Frans Plank, 2003
10
A Grammar of Fongbe
Chapter 15 The definite determiner in simple clauses The definite determiner, which plays a central role in nominal structures (see section 3.1) and subordinate clauses (see sections 7.3.4, 7.4), also plays a key role in simple clauses. To the ...
Claire Lefebvre, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETERMINER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term determiner is used in the context of the following news items.
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article - Nature
In the paralogous sex-determining genes complementary sex determiner (csd) and feminizer (fem) of honey bee species (genus Apis), only ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Petrol, Diesel Set to Get Cheaper as Oil Price Outlook Turns Bleak …
Besides global oil prices, the value of rupee is a key determiner of domestic petrol and diesel prices. Global oil prices have fallen sharply this ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
3
With new report, senior raters may identify just 24 percent 'most …
"It's hard to use [the NCOER] as a determiner of success and for potential for promotion when everybody is a 1," said Sgt. Maj. of the Army ... «United States Army, Jul 15»
4
Graham's uniform front and center in campaign ads
"Military service is more of a 'cherry on top' reason to support a candidate than a critical determiner in how someone votes." The Pentagon ... «WCNC, Jul 15»
5
Remove the Confederate flag? Your Say Interactive
After race, the biggest single determiner of opinion on the flag was education, with higher degrees of it correlating to less support. Since the ... «The Bell Jar, Jul 15»
6
Majority of Americans believe the Confederate battle flag symbolizes …
After race, the biggest single determiner of opinion on the flag was education, with higher degrees of it correlating to less support. Among white ... «Salon, Jul 15»
7
Voters kill off housing proposal
Sherman said the free market is the best determiner, and that no other developer has offered a serious proposal for the property. “Many people ... «Stowe Today, Jul 15»
8
American Turf
There's been some talk at this event about how the serve doesn't mean as much as it once did; it's the return now that's the determiner of ... «Tennis Magazine, Jul 15»
9
Supreme Court Making States Irrelevant
... bridges and license beauticians, but when it comes to abortion, then the Supreme Court is the sole determiner of every aspect of the practice, ... «ConservativeHQ, Jul 15»
10
Gnostic Mysticism Grounds Modern Progressive Ideology
It leaves a vacuum in which it appears the self is the final determiner of meaning, but in reality—because the idea of a lone, meaning-choosing ... «The Federalist, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
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