how to pronounce determinative

/dɪˈtɝmɪnəˌtɪv/

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determinative is pronounced in five syllables

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dɪtɝmɪnətɪv

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An example use of determinative in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… as most determinative of success and we …”

meanings of determinative

noun:

  1. An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
  2. A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it. Examples of determinatives include articles (a, the), demonstratives (this, those), cardinal numbers (three, fifty), and indefinite numerals (most, any, each).

adjective:

  1. Determining (deciding) something.

determinative frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word determinative occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics determinative can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that determinative can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

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