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Word: the
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Meaning:
Adverb:
- With a comparative, and often with ''for it'', indicates a result in the direction of the comparative. This can be negated with ''none''.
- With a comparative or ''more'' and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
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Article:
- Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already completely specified. Compare ''I?m reading '''a''' book'' with ''I?m reading '''the''' book''.
- When before a body part, it can be an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
- When before a member of a class, it indicates all things in that class.
- When before an adjectival noun, it indicates all persons within that grouping.
- When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
- With a superlative, it and that superlative refer to one object.
Source: Wiktionary
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