determiner
n. 限定词 [医] 定子, 决定因素
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1.
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
Near-synonym: definer
In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.
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2.
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
Near-synonyms: decider, decisor, disposer, definer, arbiter, arbitrator, decisionmaker
He is the determiner [usually referring to God (in theological contexts) and job roles (in administrative contexts)]
Who is the determiner? [administratively or theologically]
The software is the determiner if no input is given before the prompt times out.
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3.
A dependent function in a noun phrase that marks it as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.
语言学Near-synonym: determinative (broadly synonymous)
In the sentence "Many people voted for him," the word many is a determiner.
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A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
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语言学Near-synonym: determinative (broadly synonymous)
Definite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners.
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词源
From determine + -er.
来源：wiktionary