The

definite article
1.
(used, especially before a noun, with a specifying or particularizing effect, as opposed to the indefinite or generalizing force of the indefinite article a or an):
the book you gave me; Come into the house.
2.
(used to mark a proper noun, natural phenomenon, ship, building, time, point of the compass, branch of endeavor, or field of study as something well-known or unique):
the sun; the Alps; the Queen Elizabeth; the past; the West.
3.
(used with or as part of a title):
the Duke of Wellington; the Reverend John Smith.
4.
(used to mark a noun as indicating the best-known, most approved, most important, most satisfying, etc.):
the skiing center of the U.S.; If you’re going to work hard, now is the time.
5.
(used to mark a noun as being used generically):
The dog is a quadruped.
6.
(used in place of a possessive pronoun, to note a part of the body or a personal belonging):
He won’t be able to play football until the leg mends.
7.
(used before adjectives that are used substantively, to note an individual, a class or number of individuals, or an abstract idea):
to visit the sick; from the sublime to the ridiculous.
8.
(used before a modifying adjective to specify or limit its modifying effect):
He took the wrong road and drove miles out of his way.
9.
(used to indicate one particular decade of a lifetime or of a century):
the sixties; the gay nineties.
10.
(one of many of a class or type, as of a manufactured item, as opposed to an individual one):
Did you listen to the radio last night?
11.
enough:
He saved until he had the money for a new car. She didn’t have the courage to leave.
12.
(used distributively, to note any one separately) for, to, or in each; a or an:
at one dollar the pound.
adverb
1.
(used to modify an adjective or adverb in the comparative degree and to signify “in or by that,” “on that account,” “in or by so much,” or “in some or any degree”):
He’s been on vacation and looks the better for it.
2.
(used in correlative constructions to modify an adjective or adverb in the comparative degree, in one instance with relative force and in the other with demonstrative force, and signifying “by how much … by so much” or “in what degree … in that degree”):
the more the merrier; The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
1.
variant of theo- before a vowel:
thearchy.
determiner (article)
1.
used preceding a noun that has been previously specified: the pain should disappear soon, the man then opened the door Compare a1
2.
used with a qualifying word or phrase to indicate a particular person, object, etc, as distinct from others: ask the man standing outside, give me the blue one Compare a1
3.
used preceding certain nouns associated with one’s culture, society, or community: to go to the doctor, listen to the news, watch the television
4.
used preceding present participles and adjectives when they function as nouns: the singing is awful, the dead salute you
5.
used preceding titles and certain uniquely specific or proper nouns, such as place names: the United States, the Honourable Edward Brown, the Chairman, the moon
6.
used preceding a qualifying adjective or noun in certain names or titles: William the Conqueror, Edward the First
7.
used preceding a noun to make it refer to its class generically: the white seal is hunted for its fur, this is good for the throat, to play the piano
8.
used instead of my, your, her, etc, with parts of the body: take me by the hand
9.
(usually stressed) the best, only, or most remarkable: Harry’s is the club in this town
10.
used with proper nouns when qualified: written by the young Hardy
11.
another word for per, esp with nouns or noun phrases of cost: fifty pence the pound
12.
(often facetious or derogatory) my; our: the wife goes out on Thursdays
13.
used preceding a unit of time in phrases or titles indicating an outstanding person, event, etc: match of the day, player of the year
adverb
1.
(often foll by for) used before comparative adjectives or adverbs for emphasis: she looks the happier for her trip
2.
used correlatively before each of two comparative adjectives or adverbs to indicate equality: the sooner you come, the better, the more I see you, the more I love you
combining form
1.
a variant of theo-