单词 | determinative |
释义 | determinative —determinatively, adv. —determinativeness, n. /di terr"meuh nay'tiv, -neuh tiv/, adj. 1. serving to determine; determining. n. 2. something that determines. 3. a graphic symbol used in ideographic writing to denote a semantic class and written next to a word to indicate in what semantic category that word is to be understood, thus at times distinguishing homographs. [1645-55; prob. < ML determinativus fixed, LL: crucial (of a disease), equiv. to L determinat(us) (see DETERMINATE) + -ivus -IVE] |
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