determinative

Meanings

Plural: determinatives

Noun

• one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
• a determining or causal element or factor
• An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
• A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

Adjective Satellite

• having the power or quality of deciding
  • "the determinative (or determinant) battle"

Adj

• That determines something.
• Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law).

Synonyms

causal factor, deciding, determinant, determiner, determining, determining factor, taxogram

Related Words

article, demonstrative