determinative
pronunciation
How to pronounce determinative in British English:
UK [dɪ'tɜ:mɪnətɪv]
How to pronounce determinative in American English:
US [dɪ'tɜməˌneɪtɪv]
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- Noun:
- one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
- a determining or causal element or factor
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- Adjective:
- having the power or quality of deciding
Word Origin
- determinative (adj.)
- 1650s, from French déterminatif (15c.), from Latin determinat-, past participle stem of determinare (see determine). As a noun from 1832.
Example
- 1. But labor is such an important cost that at the broadest level , it can appear almost determinative .
- 2. None of these hurdles for why women are underrepresented are determinative -- and certainly all three can be overcome .
- 3. He notes in his preface the determinative importance of " complex modern economies " but does not consider the relationships between modern economics and modern morals .
- 4. Part of the reason why the state of the economy is overwhelmingly determinative of who 's going to win a presidential election is that the american political system is an iterated competition between exactly two huge political organisations full of extremely competitive , trained and motivated operatives .
- 5. Thinking to the determinative principle to carrier 's liability in carriage of goods by sea .