determinative
IPA: dɪtˈɝmɪnʌtɪv
noun
- (linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
- (grammar) 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.
- (law) Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law).
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Examples of "determinative" in Sentences
- The test is not determinative.
- But the determinative is that of people, not land
- The legal merits of the case are the true determinative factors of an outcome.
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