[predic.](chiefly Law)serving to define, qualify, or direct (主律)决定性的,达到标准的;有指导意义的 the employer's view is not determinative of the issue. 在这个问题上雇主的意见并不是决定性的。
noun
(Grammar). another term for determiner (语法)。 同 determiner
语源
mid 17th cent.: from French déterminatif, -ive or late Latin determinativus, from determinat- 'determined', from the verb determinare (see determine)