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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