determiner
/dɪˈtɝ.mɪ.nɚ/
UK: /dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə(ɹ)/
DꞮTɝ · mɪ · nɚ (3 syllables)
English
Noun
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Definition
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
Etymology
From determine + -er.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: definer"
- "In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases."
- "The "steel-yards" and "measures" were the only determiners of weight and quantity — as the hour-glass and sun dial were of time — possessed at first (so far as appears) by the passengers of the Pilgrim ship […]"
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