Definition of the The

/ðʌ/ - [thu] - the

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  • the (Adverb)
    With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary πŸ“˜

  • the (v. i.)
    See Thee.
  • the (definite article.)
    A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
  • the (adv.)
    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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ξ©

  • the
    The feminine definite article.
  • the
    Nominative singular masculine of the definite article.
  • the
    Nominative singular neuter of the definite article.
  • the
    The feminine plural definite article.
  • the
    The male singular definite article.
  • the
    The male plural definite article.
  • the
    Feminine definite article nominative singular
  • the
    Definite article nominative plural
  • the
    Feminine definite article accusative singular
  • the
    Definite article accusative plural
  • the
    Accusative singular neuter of the definite article.
  • the
    The definite article.
  • the
    The feminine singular definite article.
  • the
    The masculine singular definite article.
  • the
    The masculine plural definite article.
  • the
    ISO 639-6 entity

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary πŸ“•

  • the
    the, or (when emphatic) thΔ“, demons. pron. usually called the definite article, used to denote a particular person or thing: also to denote a species. [A.S. the, rarely used as nom. masc. of def. art., but common as an indeclinable relative. Cf. That.]
  • the
    the, adv. used before comparatives, as, 'the more the better.' [A.S. thΓ½, by that, by that much, the instrumental case of the def. art.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book β›΅

  • the
    Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The ditty bag included needles and needfuls, love-tokens, jewels, &c.
  • the
    Afore, is the partition between the forecastle and gratings in the head, and in which are the chase-ports.
  • the
    These are five highly privileged stations, the once great emporiums of British commerce and maritime greatness; they are Dover, Hastings, Sandwich, Romney, and Hythe, which, lying opposite to France, were considered of the utmost importance. To these were afterwards added Winchelsea, Rye, and Seaford. These places were honoured with peculiar immunities and privileges, on condition of their providing a certain number of ships at their own charge for forty days. Being exempted from the jurisdiction of the Admiralty court, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is authorized to make rules for the government of pilots within his jurisdiction, and in many other general acts exceptions are provided to save the franchises of the Cinque Ports unimpeached. It is a singular fact that it has never been legally determined whether the Downs and adjacent roadsteads are included in the limits of the Cinque Ports. All derelicts found without the limits by Cinque Port vessels are droits of admiralty. This organization was nearly broken up in the late state reforms, but the Lord Warden still possesses some power and jurisdiction.
  • the
    That cable which is veered out in unmooring, and not unspliced or unshackled in clearing hawse.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue πŸ‘…

  • the
    The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonimous expressions.

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  • the, adjective.

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