Adjective: determinative di'tur-mu,ney-tiv or di'tur-mi-nu-tiv [N. Amer], di'tur-mi-nu-tiv [Brit]
- Having the power or quality of deciding
"the determinative (or determinant) battle";
- deciding, determinant, determining
- A determining or causal element or factor
"Price was the main determinative in their choice of apartment";
- determinant, determiner, determining factor, causal factor
- One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
"'The', 'this', and 'some' are determinatives";
- determiner
Derived forms: determinatives
See also: decisive
Type of: closed-class word, cognitive factor, function word, functor
Encyclopedia: Determinative