"determinative" meaning in English

See determinative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more determinative [comparative], most determinative [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French déterminatif. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|déterminatif}} Middle French déterminatif Head templates: {{en-adj}} determinative (comparative more determinative, superlative most determinative)
  1. That determines something.
    Sense id: en-determinative-en-adj-OhxY06-C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 29 24 31 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 23 24 27 26
  2. (law) Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law). Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-determinative-en-adj-bJ108Xiy Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 29 24 31 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 23 24 27 26 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (determining something): 决定性的 (jué dìng xìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 确定性的 (què dìng xìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), determinant (Dutch), bepalend (Dutch), determinatiivinen (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'determining something': 45 55

Noun

Forms: determinatives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French déterminatif. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|déterminatif}} Middle French déterminatif Head templates: {{en-noun}} determinative (plural determinatives)
  1. (linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: taxogram
    Sense id: en-determinative-en-noun-QkgnqPZl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 29 24 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 20 40 26 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 23 24 27 26 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: determiner
    Sense id: en-determinative-en-noun-qt6ZTStZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 29 24 31 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 23 24 27 26 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: phonetic determinative Related terms: article, demonstrative

Inflected forms

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