the

def.art.

1. 1. Used before singular or plural nouns and noun phrases that denote particular, specified persons or things: the baby; the dress I wore.
   2. Used before a noun, and generally stressed, to emphasize one of a group or type as the most outstanding or prominent: considered Lake Shore Drive to be .
   3. Used before the plural form of a numeral denoting a specific decade of a century or of a life span: rural life in the Thirties.
2. Used before a singular noun indicating that the noun is generic: The wolf is an endangered species.
3. 1. Used before an adjective extending it to signify a class and giving it the function of a noun: the rich; the dead; the homeless.
   2. Used before an absolute adjective: the best we can offer.
4. Used before a present participle, signifying the action in the abstract: the weaving of rugs.
5. Used before a noun with the force of per: cherries at $1.50 the box.

[Middle English, from Old English the, alteration (influenced by , th-, oblique case stem of demonstrative pron.) of se, masculine demonstrative pron..]

the² (THē THə )
adv.

1. Because of that. Used before a comparative: thinks the worse of you after this mistake.
2. To that extent; by that much: the sooner the better.
3. Beyond any other: enjoyed reading the most.

[Middle English, from Old English thȳ, thē, instrumental of thæt, neuter demonstrative pron..]

IN BRIEF: Used especially before nouns with a specifying, particularizing, or definite effect.

You are not the first person to tell me about it.

Common misspelling(s) of the

• ther
• tjhe
• teh
• tghe
• hten

Dansk (Danish)
1.
det. - den, det, de, -(e)n, -(e)t, -(e)ne

2.
adv. - des, desto, jo

Nederlands (Dutch)
de, het, des te, per, de/ het enige/ echte/beste/ etc.

Français (French)
1.
det. - le, la, les, l', le/la meilleur(e), les (+ nom de famille)

2.
adv. - dans cette mesure-là, de ça

Deutsch (German)
1.
det. - der, die, das

2.
adv. - je, um so

Ελληνική (Greek)
art. - ο, η, το, οι, τα
adv. - τόσο, όσο, ανά (τεμάχιο κ.λπ.), κατά (δωδεκάδα κ.λπ.), πολύ
pref. - ο συγκεκριμένος

Italiano (Italian)
il, l', la, lo, gli, i, le

Português (Portuguese)
art. - o (m), a (f), os (m), as (f)
adv. - quanto mais, tanto mais, quanto, tanto

Русский (Russian)
определенный член, артикль

Español (Spanish)
1.
det. - el, la, las, lo, los

2.
adv. - cuando, mientras tanto

Svenska (Swedish)
art. - best. artikel
adv. - ju... desto, så mycket
pref. - teo-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
这, 那, 这些, 那些

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
det. - 這, 那, 這些, 那些

한국어 (Korean)
1.
det. - 그, ~이라는 것, ~의 사람들

2.
adv. - 그만큼, ~하면 할수록, 오히려 더

日本語 (Japanese)
art. - その, …というもの, …年代, …につき
adv. - ますます

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(أداة) لام التعريف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
det. - ‮ה-, ה"א היידוע‬
adv. - ‮ככל ש-, במידה ש-‬

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