määrite — meaning in English

English meaning

• attribute noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
• modifier noun A person or thing that changes something.

Senses

määrite is used for these senses in English:

• attribute A characteristic or quality of a thing.
• modifier (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)

attribute — full definition

1. noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
2. noun A property or setting associated with a data object, in computing.
3. verb To say that something is caused by or belongs to a particular source.

modifier — full definition

1. noun A person or thing that changes something.
2. noun (grammar) A word or group of words that adds detail to, or narrows the meaning of, another word.
3. noun (computing) A word added to code to change or limit what it does.
4. noun Short for modifier key.

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