单词 | predeterminer |
释义 | predeterminern.1 1. A person who or thing which predetermines something. rare before 20th cent. ΚΠ 1673 R. Baxter Christian Directory iii. 171 God the physical, efficient predeterminer of every act of the creature considered in all its circumstances. 1907 N.E.D. Predeterminer, one who or that which predetermines. 1928 R. L. Finney Sociol. Philos. of Educ. iv. 91 The chromosome determiners of the human germ plasm are the final predeterminers of what is for the social good. 1974 Family Coordinator 23 314/1 Psychological, physical, and financial readiness are important predeterminers of the ease with which the married pair expands to include into the dyad a third—the first child. 1994 W. M. Watt Islamic Creeds 70 The Lord of human beings, the Lord of their works, the predeterminer of their movements and their appointed terms. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > doctrine of salvation > [noun] > predestinarianism > adherent predestination?1503 predestinator?1557 Predestinatian1630 predestinatist1630 predeterminant1630 predestinarian1656 predeterminera1678 predestinationista1852 providentialist1862 a1678 A. Marvell Def. John Howe in Wks. (1875) IV. 225 Its business here is to defend the predeterminers' opinion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). predeterminern.2 Grammar. Any of a class of limiting expressions that may precede a determiner. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > determiner > [noun] > that which precedes a determiner predeterminer1957 1957 Amer. Speech 32 236 It is precisely the unusual ability of these two words to appear in the predeterminer position which requires their separate assignment. 1959 J. Sledd Short Introd. to Eng. Gram. 116 The predeterminers, finally, are rather various but limited in number. 1991 R. M. W. Dixon New Approach Eng. Gram. ii. 21 A multitude of elements may precede the head of an NP :..a predeterminer, e.g. ‘all (of)’, ‘both (of)’..a determiner..a superlative. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11673n.21957 |
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