what is the meaning of ' the '?
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The word the is considered a definite article because it defines the meaning of a noun as one particular thing. It's an article that gives a noun a definite meaning: a definite article. Generally, definite articles are used to identify nouns that the audience already knows about.
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definite article
- (used, especially 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; Come into the house.
- (used to mark a proper noun, natural phenomenon, ship, building, time, point of the compass, branch of endeavor, or field of study as something well-known or unique):
the sun; the Alps; the Queen Elizabeth; the past; the West.
- (used with or as part of a title):
the Duke of Wellington; the Reverend John Smith.
- (used to mark a noun as indicating the best-known, most approved, most important, most satisfying, etc.):
the skiing center of the U.S.; If you're going to work hard, now is the time.
- (used to mark a noun as being used generically):
The dog is a quadruped.
- (used in place of a possessive pronoun, to note a part of the body or a personal belonging):
He won't be able to play football until the leg mends.
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