determiner in Japanese
determiner in Japanese is 限定詞 — determiner means a person or thing that decides or influences what happens.
determiner in Japanese
限定詞
Pronounced: genteishi
A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
What does "determiner" mean?
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noun A person or thing that decides or influences what happens.
"The software is the determiner if no input is given before the prompt times out."
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noun Something that helps to define or shape what something is.
"In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases."
- noun Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
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noun In grammar, a word placed before a noun to show which thing it refers to, without describing it.
"Definite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners."
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determiner in a sentence
- The software is the determiner if no input is given before the prompt times out.
- In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.
- Definite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners.
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What is "determiner" in Japanese?
"determiner" in Japanese is 限定詞. determiner means: A person or thing that decides or influences what happens.
How do you pronounce 限定詞?
"determiner" in Japanese is 限定詞, pronounced "genteishi".
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