determinative
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məˌneɪ 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.
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) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
When it comes to objectivity, then, the determinative factor is who's doing the determining.
The work of engineers and physical scientists, however, is likely to be determinative.
And the evidence of misogyny in the press and elsewhere is irrefutable, even if it was not the determinative factor in the race.
In other cases, the determinative methods contain guidance on preparing the reference sample concentrate and the reference sample.
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