determiner

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determine + -er

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Singular
determiner

Plural
determiners

  1. (countable) (grammar) A determiner is a function label used in a noun phrase, marking the noun phrase as being definite or indefinite.
  2. (countable) (grammar) A determiner is one of a small set of words that restrict the referents of noun phrases (see here for a list).
    When discussing lexical category, the terms determiner and determinative are sometimes used interchangeably.


Grammar (edit)
parts of speech noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement- adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause