pre‧de‧ter‧min‧er /ˌpriːdɪˈtɜːmənə, ˌpriːdɪˈtɜːmɪnə $ -ˈtɜːrmənər/
noun [countable] technical a word that is used before a
determiner (=a word such as ‘the’, ‘that’, ‘his’ etc). In the phrases ‘all the boys’ and ‘both his parents’, the words ‘all’ and ‘both’ are predeterminers.
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲