Dictionary Entry

the

Part of SpeechadverbPronunciation/ði/Used In Literature ↓

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

In a Sentence

“It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

same thefirst theworld thenew theunited thetwo the

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Poetry examples for “the”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

But when the snows at Christmas
On Bredon top were strown,

From Clee to heaven the beacon burns,
The shires have seen it plain,

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Wuen I watch the living meet,
And the moving pageant file

‘God save the Queen’ we living sing,
From height to height ’tis heard;

Yet down at last he lies,
And then the man is wise.’
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To-day, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,

‘Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
And come to church in time.’

Or come not home at all,
The lads you leave will mind you
Till Ludlow tower shall fall.

On lands of morn may lie,
And make the hearts of comrades
Be heavy where you die.