'Determinative' definitions:
Definition of 'determinative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)]
noun
One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases [syn: determiner, determinative]
noun
A determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor]
Definition of 'Determinative'
From: GCIDE
- Determinative \De*ter"mi*na*tive\, n. That which serves to determine. [1913 Webster]
- Explanatory determinatives . . . were placed after words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an aid to the reader in determining the meaning. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Determinative'
From: GCIDE
- Determinative \De*ter"mi*na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]terminatif.] Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. [1913 Webster]
- Incidents . . . determinative of their course. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'determinative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- antecedents,
- arrowhead,
- article,
- assuring,
- attestative,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- authoritative,
- base,
- based on,
- basis,
- behind the scenes,
- bordering,
- borderline,
- boundary,
- bounding,
- call,
- caudal,
- causal,
- causation,
- causative,
- cause,
- cause and effect,
- certain,
- character,
- circumstantial,
- coastal,
- conclusive,
- constitutive,
- convictional,
- convincing,
- cumulative,
- cuneiform,
- damning,
- decisive,
- definite article,
- definitive,
- demotic character,
- determinant,
- determiner,
- determining,
- documentary,
- documented,
- effectual,
- element,
- endmost,
- etiological,
- etiology,
- eventual,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex parte,
- extreme,
- eye-witness,
- factor,
- factual,
- farthest,
- final,
- firsthand,
- formative,
- founded on,
- fringing,
- frontier,
- grammalogue,
- ground,
- grounded on,
- grounds,
- hearsay,
- hieratic symbol,
- hieroglyph,
- hieroglyphic,
- hieroglyphics,
- hiragana,
- ideogram,
- ideograph,
- implicit,
- impressive,
- incontrovertible,
- indefinite article,
- indicative,
- indisputable,
- institutive,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- kana,
- katakana,
- last,
- limbic,
- liminal,
- limit,
- limiting,
- littoral,
- logogram,
- logograph,
- marginal,
- material,
- noun determiner,
- nuncupative,
- occasion,
- occasional,
- ogham,
- originative,
- overwhelming,
- persuasive,
- phonetic,
- phonetic symbol,
- pictogram,
- pictograph,
- pivotal,
- polar,
- presumptive,
- principle,
- probative,
- radical,
- reliable,
- rimming,
- rune,
- satisfactory,
- satisfying,
- shorthand,
- significant,
- skirting,
- stimulus,
- suggestive,
- sure,
- symptomatic,
- tail,
- telling,
- terminal,
- terminating,
- terminative,
- threshold,
- ultimate,
- valid,
- wedge,
- weighty,
- word letter
Words containing 'Determinative'
- Determinability,
- Determinable,
- Determinableness,
- Determinant,
- Determinate,
- Determinately,
- Determinateness,
- Determination,
- Determinator,
- Determine,
- Determined,
- Determinedly,
- Determiner,
- Determining,
- Determinism,
- Determinate equations,
- Determinate inflorescence,
- Determinate problem,
- Determinate quantities,
- Determinative tables,
- antigenic determinant,
- determining factor,
- Self-determination,
- Self-determining,
- Skew symmetrical determinant,
- self-determined