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“the” – English explanatory dictionary

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Example of using - I have here the book.
The cat in the hat.
The cat in the hat.
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which he never shoulda done in the first place, he'd still be alive.
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You were in that fight, the fight on the radio.
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article; etymology - this, that
1. meaning something in particular, as opposed to ‘a’ 
○ Where’s the book you brought back from the library?
○ That’s the cat from next door.
○ The town centre has been made into a pedestrian zone.
2. used with something of which only one exists, in particular in geographical names 
○ an expedition to the Antarctic
○ A spacecraft landed on the moon.
○ The sun came up over the hills.
3. meaning a group of people or a thing in general, such as dates 
○ There’s nothing interesting on the television tonight.
○ She refuses to use the telephone.
○ The streets are crowded at lunchtime.
○ Many people were out of work during the 1990s.
○ Both sisters play the flute.
○ born on the 31st of January
4. used to compare 
○ The more he eats the thinner he seems to get.
○ The sooner you do it the better.
○ This is by far the shortest way to London.
○ She’s the tallest person in the office.
5. showing quantity or speed 
○ We sell tomatoes by the kilo.
6 meaning something special such as a date
○ It’s the shop for men’s clothes.
○ She’s the doctor for children’s diseases.
○ That’s not the Charlie Chaplin, is it?
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the
v. i. See Thee. [Obs.] Chaucer. Milton.
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(the, when emphatic or alone; the, obscure before a vowel; the, obscure before a consonant; 37), definite article. [AS. ðe, a later form for earlier nom. sing. masc. se, formed under the influence of the oblique cases. See That, pron.] A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning. The was originally a demonstrative pronoun, being a weakened form of that. When placed before adjectives and participles, it converts them into abstract nouns; as the sublime and the beautiful. Burke. The is used regularly before many proper names, as of rivers, oceans, ships, etc.; as the Nile, the Atlantic, the Great Eastern, the West Indies, The Hague. The with an epithet or ordinal number often follows a proper name; as Alexander the Great; Napoleon the Third. The may be employed to individualize a particular kind or species; as the grasshopper shall be a burden. Eccl. xii. 5.
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adv. [AS. ðe, ðy, instrumental case of se, seó, ðaet, the definite article. See 2d The.] By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; — used before comparatives; as the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform. ´Yet not the more cease I.´ Milton. “So much the rather thou, Celestial Light,
Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers
Irradiate.” Milton.
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