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predeterminer

Meaning of "predeterminer" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PREDETERMINER

ˌpriːdɪˈtɜːmɪnə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREDETERMINER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Predeterminer 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 PREDETERMINER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of predeterminer in the English dictionary

The first definition of predeterminer in the dictionary is a word which comes before a determiner and gives more information in the noun, as for example `all' in `all his friends' or `half' in `half the cake'. Other definition of predeterminer is someone or something that determines beforehand. Predeterminer is also someone or something that influences or inclines towards an opinion beforehand; something that biased.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREDETERMINER

alumina · determiner · examiner · germina · homologoumena · homologumena · interlaminar · lamina · limina · lumina · Minna · nomina · noumena · numina · phenomena · prolegomena · rumina · stamina · terminer · tormina

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREDETERMINER

predestinarianism · predestinate · predestination · predestinative · predestinator · predestine · predestined · predestiny · predeterminable · predeterminate · predeterminately · predetermination · predeterminative · predetermine · predetermined · predeterminism · predevaluation · predevelop · predevelopment · predevote

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREDETERMINER

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 predeterminer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «predeterminer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREDETERMINER

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

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

Translator English - Chinese

predeterminer
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

predeterminer
570 millions of speakers
en

English

predeterminer
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्व-निर्धारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

predeterminer
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

predeterminer
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

predeterminer
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাকনিয়ন্তক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

predeterminer
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Predeterminer
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

predeterminer
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

predeterminer
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

predeterminer
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Predeterminer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

predeterminer
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

predeterminer
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्वनिश्चित
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

predeterminer
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

predeterminer
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

predeterminer
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

predeterminer
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

predeterminer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

predeterminer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

predeterminer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

predeterminer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

predeterminer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of predeterminer

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREDETERMINER»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREDETERMINER»

Discover the use of predeterminer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to predeterminer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 2002: Selected ...
4.2 Predeterminers An interesting test case for the claims in the previous paragraph are the nominals with a predeterminer, as in al hun paarden 'all their horses' and (ge)heel de stad 'whole the town' . For the analysis of such NPs I assume a ...
Tanja Gaustad, 2003
2
The Syntax of French
F.PL all.M.SG Predeterminer tout is however incompatible with the generic use of the definite article. Thus, while the direct object in (25a) is ambiguous between a definite and generic interpretation, as shown in the translation, the one in (25b) ...
Paul Rowlett, 2007
3
Understanding English Grammar: A Linguistic Introduction
Predeterminer. Modification. In this book, we are making a distinction between determined noun phrases (DPs), and undetermined noun phrases (NPs). This is an important syntactic distinction for English, since these two phrasal categories ...
Thomas E. Payne, Thomas Edward Payne, 2010
4
The Expression of Negation
The function of all - head or predeterminer? The most influential of these factors is probably the function of all as NP head or predeterminer. Notice that we classified all in constructions like All of the boys as a predeterminer, as shown below: ...
Laurence R. Horn, 2010
5
Corpus-based Research Into Language: In Honour of Jan Aarts
No distinction is made between intensifying and identifying uses of such. Sinclair et al. (1990: 60) have a similar approach. No distinction is made between rather, quite, such and what in predeterminer position: all are called 'predeterminers'.
Nelleke Oostdijk, Pieter de Haan, 1994
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Constraint Grammar: A Language-independent System for ...
For instance, in all the other people, all is a predeterminer, the is a central determiner, and other is a postdetermin- er. For further details, see Quirk et al. ( 1985). A predeterminer is immediately followed by a central determiner, postdeter- miner, ...
Fred Karlsson, 1995
7
A Synopsis of English Syntax
These are attributive to primary predeterminer attributives. 2a Order. Secondary predeterminer attributives immediately precede primary predeterminer attributives. 2b Selection bl Conditioners. Occurrence of primary predeterminer attributives.
Eugene A. Nida, 1973
8
Oxford Modern English Grammar
Noun phrases functioning as Predeterminer in noun phrases Examples of noun phrases functioning as Predeterminer are socalled fractions, such as half a quarter, one-sixth, and a number of so-called multipliers, such as two times, three  ...
Bas Aarts, 2011
9
Subjectification, Intersubjectification and Grammaticalization
The predeterminer thus fulfils a function similar to that of whole. In my opinion, whole would best be analysed as a secondary determiner in example (30) if all did not fill the predeterminer slot. However, adding all to the noun phrase triggers an ...
Kristin Davidse, Lieven Vandelanotte, Hubert Cuyckens, 2010
10
Corpus Linguistics and the Automatic Analysis of English
(56) three nights (57) the first case (58) several industrialized countries Unlike predeterminer and central determiner items, some postdetermin- ers can co- occur. For example, (59) the first few weeks (60) the last two motions As we observed ...
Nelleke Oostdijk, 1991
REFERENCE
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