Adjective determinative has 1 sense
- crucial, deciding, determinant, determinative, determining - having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
Antonym: indecisive (indirect, via decisive)
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Noun determinative has 2 senses
- determiner, determinative - one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
--1 is a kind of function word, closed-class word
--1 has particulars: article
- determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor - a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
--2 is a kind of cognitive factor
--2 has particulars: clincher, decisive factor; influence
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