• Denoting one or more people or things already mentioned or assumed to be common knowledge.
    used to refer to a person, place, or thing that is unique.
    denoting a disease or affliction.
    (with a unit of time) the present; the current.
    used instead of a possessive to refer to someone with whom the speaker or person addressed is associated.
    used with a surname to refer to a family or married couple.
    used before the surname of the chief of a Scottish or Irish clan.
    used to point forward to the following qualifying or defining clause or phrase.
    (chiefly with rulers and family members with the same name) used after a name to qualify it.
    used to make a generalized reference to something rather than identifying a particular instance.
    used with a singular noun to indicate that it represents a whole species or class.
    used with an adjective to refer to those people who are of the type described.
    used with an adjective to refer to something of the class or quality described.
    used with the name of a unit to state a rate.
    enough of (a particular thing).
    (pronounced stressing “the”) used to indicate that someone or something is the best known or most important of that name or type.
    used adverbially with comparatives to indicate how one amount or degree of something varies in relation to another.
    used to emphasize the amount or degree to which something is affected.


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