determiner
Determiner (noun) means a person or thing that decides or influences what happens.
noun
1
A person or thing that decides or influences what happens.
2
Something that helps to define or shape what something is.
"In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases."
3
Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
"The software is the determiner if no input is given before the prompt times out."
4
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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What is the meaning of determiner?
"determiner" (noun) means a person or thing that decides or influences what happens.
What is another word for determiner?
Other words for "determiner" include determinative, clincher, determinant.
What are the different meanings of determiner?
"determiner" has 3 main meanings: 1. A person or thing that decides or influences what happens; 2. Something that helps to define or shape what something is; 3. Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
