determinative
About 0.52 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
- noun A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
- adjective That determines something.
- adjective Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law).
When assigning custody, the preference of the child will be considered, but it is not determinative.
Similar words
determiner crucial determinant decisive causal factor deciding determining determining factor predicate defining
Often followed by
of for in bacteriology factor role mineralogy and influence
Word family
determinatives
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