determiner
/dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.14 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
noun
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
noun
A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
noun
A dependent function in a noun phrase that marks it as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: definer"
- "In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases."
- "The "steel-yards" and "measures" were the only determiners of weight and quantity — as the hour-glass and sun dial were of time — possessed at first (so far as appears) by the passengers of the Pilgrim ship […]"
- "Near-synonyms: decider, decisor, disposer, definer, arbiter, arbitrator, decisionmaker"
- "He is the determiner [usually referring to God (in theological contexts) and job roles (in administrative contexts)]"
- "Who is the determiner? [administratively or theologically]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English determine Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English determiner From determine + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə(ɹ)/
- British English: /dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə(ɹ)/