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determinatives

determinatives is the plural of determinative.

Meaning of determinative

Noun

determinative (plural determinatives)

  1. An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
    Synonyms:
    taxogram
  2. A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
    Synonyms:
    determiner

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Phrases with determinatives

Questions about determinatives

What is determinatives the plural of?
Determinatives is the plural of determinative.

Words near determinatives in the dictionary

  1. determination
  2. determinations
  3. determinative
  4. determinatively
  5. determinativeness
  6. determinatives
  7. determinativity
  8. determinator
  9. determinators
  10. determine
  11. determined

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