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definiteness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | determinateness |
| Type of | predictability |
| Has types | conclusiveness, decisiveness, finality |
| Derivation | definite |
Examples of definiteness
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Adjectives agree with their head word in case, number, gender and definiteness.
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In these languages, the inflections indicating definiteness may be quite complex.
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Also, I don't see why notability or definiteness of the topic is an issue here.
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Giveness, contrastiveness, definiteness, subjects, topics, and point of view.
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The assumption, in its weakest form, is called counterfactual definiteness.
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Swedish nouns are inflected for number and definiteness and can take a genitive suffix.
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In some languages, the definiteness of the object affects the transitivity of the verb.
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The indefinite article exists only in the singular, where its absence marks definiteness.
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Note that condition 1 and 2 together produce positive definiteness.
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- Determinateness: the quality of being predictable with great confidence
- In grammatical theory, definiteness is a feature of noun phrases, distinguishing between entities which are specific and identifiable in a given context (definite noun phrases) and entities which are not (indefinite noun phrases).
- The state or quality of being definite
- A matrix A is positive definite if x^T A x > 0 for all nonzero x. Positive definite matrices have other interesting properties such as being nonsingular, having its largest element on the diagonal, and having all positive diagonal elements. ...
- "Each step of an algorithm must be precisely defined; the actions to be carried out must be rigorously and unambiguously specified for each case."
