Associations to the word «Determiner»

Wiktionary

DETERMINER, noun. (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
DETERMINER, noun. (grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase marking the NP 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.
DETERMINER, noun. Something that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else.
DETERMINER PHRASE, noun. (linguistics) A phrase headed by a determiner.

Dictionary definition

DETERMINER, noun. An argument that is conclusive.
DETERMINER, noun. One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases.
DETERMINER, noun. A determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin