determinernoun [ C ]
uk/dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nər/us/dɪˈtɝː.mə.nɚ/specializedB2 in grammar, a word that is used before a noun to show which particular example of the noun you are referring to:
In the phrases "my first boyfriend" and "that strange woman", the words "my" and "that" are determiners.
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- Our English teacher taught us about determiners, which identify which particular noun you're talking about.
- When I say 'your diary' or 'this example', the determiners before each noun show which one I mean in particular.
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Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adjective
- adjunct
- adv
- article
- collective noun
- common noun
- conjunction
- connective
- definite article
- indefinite article
- interjection
- n
- noun phrase
- part of speech
- prep
- preposition
- pron
- pronoun
- proper noun
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