1. Having the power or quality of deciding
   "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
   - deciding, determinant, determining

1. One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
   - determiner 
2. A determining or causal element or factor
   - determinant, determiner, determining factor, causal factor

Derived forms: determinatives

See also: decisive

Type of: closed-class word, cognitive factor, function word

Encyclopedia: Determinative

• accelerator
• accelerator factor
• accelerator pedal
• acceleratory
• accelerometer
• accent
• accent mark
• accented
• accenting
• accentor
• accentual
• accentual system
• accentually
• accentuate
• accentuation
• accept
• acceptability
• acceptable
• acceptableness
• acceptably
• acceptance
• acceptance sampling
• acceptant
• acceptation
• accepted