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- The - Wikipedia
It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender [a] The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter
- Meaning of the in English - Cambridge Dictionary
used before a singular noun to refer to all the things or people represented by that noun: The panda is becoming an increasingly rare animal The car is responsible for causing a lot of damage to our environment used before a family name to refer to two people who are married or to a whole family:
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- The - definition of the by The Free Dictionary
1 (used, esp before a noun, with a specifying or particularizing effect, as opposed to the indefinite or generalizing force of the indefinite article a or an): the book you gave me 2 (used to mark a noun as indicating something well-known or unique): the Alps
- The definite article: the - LearnEnglish - British Council
Level: beginner The definite article the is the most frequent word in English We use the definite article in front of a noun when we believe the listener reader knows exactly what we are referring to: because there is only one: The Pope is visiting Russia The moon is very bright tonight
- When to Use “The” in English: The Definitive Guide
One of the most important words in the English language only has three little letters It’s the word “the”! We use “the” to talk about specific things Usually, this means the person you are talking to will know exactly what noun or object you are referring to
- the - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
the Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun The definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that the noun phrase it immediately precedes is definitely identifiable because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter [from 10th c ]
- A an and the - Grammar - Cambridge Dictionary
The with things that are universally known We use the with things known to everyone (the sun, the stars, the moon, the earth, the planet) because they are a part of our physical environment or part of the natural world: The earth moves around the sun We lay on the grass and watched the stars
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