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determiner definition

de·ter·miner (dē tʉr′mi nər, di-)

noun

  1. anything that determines
  2. Gram. a word, such as a, the, this, each, some, either, or my, that determines the use of a noun without essentially modifying it and is placed before a descriptive adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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