determinative adjective & noun. [dɪ'tǝ:mɪnǝtɪv] M17.
[French déterminatif, -ive or late Latin determinativus, formed as DETERMINATE verb: see -IVE.]
A. adjective. Characterized by determining something; serving to determine something; decisive; limiting, distinguishing, identifying. M17.
b. noun. A thing which determines something; spec. a sign (in hieroglyphic writing) or a morpheme indicating the semantic classification of a word. M19.

■ determinatively adverb in a determinative manner, to a determinative degree; definitely, decisively: E17.

■ determinativeness noun E19.

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