the
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- IPA /ði/
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Adverb
the adverb
- With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.“It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.”
- With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.“I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.”
Preposition
the preposition
- For each; per.“valued at half a pound the bushel; paying seven dollars the year interest”
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thesethatyonderyonthosethisabovementionednamedgivencertainparticularspecificaforesaidsaidaforementionedabove
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