determinative

  1. Noun.  (linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
  2. Noun.  (grammar) A word that typically functions as a determiner in a noun phrase; many also have other functions.'''determiner''' in ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language'' Huddleston & Pullum, 2002. CUP..
  3. Adjective.  Determining (gloss, [[decide) something.

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