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限定詞 — meaning in English

genteishi

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English meaning

  • attribute noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
  • determiner noun Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.

Senses

限定詞 is used for these senses in English:

  • attribute (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
  • determiner A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

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.

determiner — full definition

  1. noun Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
  2. noun A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
  3. noun Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
  4. noun A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

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