WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pre•de•ter•min•er /ˌpridɪˈtɜrmənɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a word in English that may be placed before an article or before another determiner :The word all in the phrase all the children is a predeterminer. Predeterminers are often words that express how much or how many.
pre•de•ter•min•er
(prē′di tûr′mə nər),USA pronunciation n. [Gram.]
- Grammara member of a subclass of English adjectival words, often quantitative in meaning, that may be placed before an article or other determiner, as all in all the paintings or half in half her salary.
- pre- + determiner 1670–80