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Definitions of the in various dictionaries:

Used before singular or plural noun s and noun phrases that denote particular, specified persons or things: the baby; the dress I wore.

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 the neighborhood to live in these days.

Used to indicate uniqueness: the Prince of Wales; the moon.

Used before noun s that designate natural phenomena or points of the compass: the weather; a wind from the south.

Used as the equivalent of a possessive adj ective before names of some parts of the body: grab him by the neck; an infection of the hand.

Used before a noun specifying a field of endeavor: the law; the film industry; the stage.

Titanic.

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.

Used before a singular noun indicating that the noun is generic: The wolf is an endangered species.

Used before an adj ective extending it to signify a class and giving it the function of a noun : the rich; the dead; the homeless.

Used before an absolute adj ective: the best we can offer.

Used before a present participle, signifying the action in the abstract: the weaving of rugs.

Used before a noun with the force of per: cherries at $1.

Because of that.

To that extent; by that much: the sooner the better.

Beyond any other: enjoyed reading the most.

definite_article - used to specify or make particular

THE - The ( listen) is a grammatical article in English, denoting person(s) or thing(s) already mentioned, under discussion, implied, or otherwise presume...