[げんていし, genteishi] (n) determiner; qualifier; determinative[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
determinative
adj 1: 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)}]
n 1: one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the
referents of noun phrases [syn: {determiner},
{determinative}]
2: 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}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
