determinative
[ dih-tur-muh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv ]
/ dɪˈtɜr məˌneɪ tɪv, -nə tɪv /
adjective
serving to determine; determining.
noun
something that determines.
a graphic symbol used in ideographic writing to denote a semantic class and written next to a word to indicate in what semantic category that word is to be understood, thus at times distinguishing homographs.
Origin of determinative
1645–55; probably < Medieval Latin
dēterminātīvus fixed, Late Latin: crucial (of a disease), equivalent to Latin
dētermināt(us) (see
determinate) +
-īvus
-ive
OTHER WORDS FROM determinative
Words nearby determinative
determinable,
determinacy,
determinant,
determinate,
determination,
determinative,
determinator,
determine,
determined,
determiner,
determinism
Example sentences from the Web for determinative
British Dictionary definitions for determinative
determinative
/ (dɪˈtɜːmɪnətɪv) /
adjective
able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding
noun
a factor, circumstance, etc, that settles or determines
grammar a less common word for determiner
(in a logographic writing system) a logogram that bears a separate meaning, from which compounds and inflected forms are built up