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adjective
1.
serving to determine; determining.
noun
2.
something that determines.
3.
a graphic symbol used in ideographic writing to denote a semantic class and written next to a word to indicate in what semantic category that word is to be understood, thus at times distinguishing homographs.
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Determinative
has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
Origin:
1645–55; probably < Medieval Latin dēterminātīvus fixed, Late Latin: crucial (of a disease), equivalent to Latin dētermināt(us) (see determinate) + -īvus -ive
1645–55; probably < Medieval Latin dēterminātīvus fixed, Late Latin: crucial (of a disease), equivalent to Latin dētermināt(us) (see determinate) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
de·ter·mi·na·tive·ly, adverb
de·ter·mi·na·tive·ness, noun
non·de·ter·mi·na·tive, adjective, noun
non·de·ter·mi·na·tive·ly, adverb
non·de·ter·mi·na·tive·ness, noun
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| determinative (dɪˈtɜːmɪnətɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding |
| —n | |
| 2. | a factor, circumstance, etc, that settles or determines |
| 3. | grammar a less common word for determiner |
| 4. | (in a logographic writing system) a logogram that bears a separate meaning, from which compounds and inflected forms are built up |
| de'terminatively | |
| —adv | |
| de'terminativeness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
determinative
1650s (adj.); 1832 (n.), from Fr. déterminatif (15c.), from L. determinatus, pp. of determinare (see determine).
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