DETERMINATIVES

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D(2) E(1) T(1) E(1) R(1) M(3) I(1) N(1) A(1) T(1) I(1) V(4) E(1) S(1)
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Definition

noun
  1. An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
  2. (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it. Examples of determinatives include articles (a, the), demonstratives (this, those), cardinal numbers (three, fifty), and indefinite numerals (most, any, each).

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