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1. Having the power or quality of deciding
   "the determinative (or determinant) battle";
   - deciding, determinant, determining

1. One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
   - determiner
    
2. A determining or causal element or factor
   - determinant, determiner, determining factor, causal factor

Derived forms: determinatives

See also: decisive

Type of: closed-class word, cognitive factor, function word, functor

Encyclopedia: Determinative