de‧ter‧min‧er /dɪˈtɜːmənə, dɪˈtɜːmɪnə $ -ˈtɜːrmənər/ noun [countable] technical
[Word Family: adjective: determined, indeterminate, predetermined; noun: determination, determiner; verb: determine; adverb: determinedly]
a word that is used before a noun in order to show which thing you mean. In the phrases ‘the car’ and ‘some cars’, ‘the’ and ‘some’ are determiners

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