Determiner

Noun

1. Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else. A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.

   "In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases."

2. A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.

   "In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases."

3. Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.

   "He is the determiner [usually referring to God (in theological contexts) and job roles (in administrative contexts)]"

4. A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

   "Definite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners."

5. A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

   "Definite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners."