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determinative

[ dih-tur-muh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. serving to determine; determining.


noun

  1. something that determines.
  2. 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.

determinative

/ ɪˈɜːɪəɪ /

adjective

  1. able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a factor, circumstance, etc, that settles or determines
  2. grammar a less common word for determiner
  3. (in a logographic writing system) a logogram that bears a separate meaning, from which compounds and inflected forms are built up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱԲپ, adverb
  • ˈٱԲپԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٱm·Բt· adverb
  • ·ٱm·Բt·Ա noun
  • ԴDzd·ٱm·Բt adjective noun
  • non·ٱm·Բt· adverb
  • non·ٱm·Բt·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of determinative1

1645–55; probably < Medieval Latin ŧٱīܲ fixed, Late Latin: crucial (of a disease), equivalent to Latin ŧٱ ( us ) ( determinate ) + -īܲ -ive
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“The thing that’s perhaps the most determinative when you come up to the parole board process is what kind of prisoner have you been?”

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“If we have a very tight election in a determinative state, like in 2000, then all bets are off and there will be litigation all over the place,” Smith said.

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Even more determinative, from a pure numbers perspective, was the North Carolina primary this month.

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Historically, the Iowa caucuses have been interesting, if not determinative, kickoffs for nominating contests, cutting down front-runners and elevating little-known contenders.

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According to Ms Bellows, a Supreme Court decision in the Colorado case could also be "determinative" in Maine.

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