Determiners: list with meanings and examples
A determiner comes before a noun to show which one, whose, or how many, such as the, a, this, my, some, every and both. Articles (the, a, an) are the most common determiners.
List of determiners (36)
- aused before a singular noun that begins with a consonant sound, to mean one of something that has not been mentioned before
- allthe whole amount or number of
- anthe form of "a" used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
- anotherone more of the same kind, or a different one
- anyused in questions and negatives to mean some or even the smallest amount
- boththe two people or things together
- eachevery one of two or more people or things, considered separately
- eitherone or the other of two
- enoughas much or as many as needed
- everyused to refer to all the members of a group, one by one
- fewa small number of; not many
- fewera smaller number of; used with plural nouns
- herbelonging to or connected with a woman, girl or female animal already mentioned
- hisbelonging to or connected with a man, boy or male animal already mentioned
- itsbelonging to or connected with a thing or animal already mentioned
- manya large number of
- mucha large amount of; used with uncountable nouns
- mybelonging to or connected with the speaker or writer
- neithernot one and not the other of two
- nonot any; not one
- otherthe second of two, or the rest of a group; different
- ourbelonging to or connected with the speaker and one or more other people
- severalmore than two but not many
- somean amount or number that is not stated exactly
- suchof the kind already mentioned, or to a very great degree
- thatused to point to a person or thing that is further away, or already known
- theused before a noun to show that you mean a particular person or thing, one already mentioned, or one that is the only one of its kind
- theirbelonging to or connected with people or things already mentioned
- theseplural of "this": used for people or things that are near or just mentioned
- thisused to point to a person or thing that is near you, or that has just been mentioned
- thoseplural of "that": used for people or things further away or already known
- whatused to ask which thing or kind of thing
- whichused to ask about one or more from a limited number of people or things
- whicheverany one of a limited number; it does not matter which
- whoseused to ask or say who something belongs to
- yourbelonging to or connected with the person or people being spoken to