The Definition–definite article | 1. | (used, esp. 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 pheno
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menon, 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 indiv
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idual 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. | |
From Dictionary Wright Definition–noun | a worker, esp. a constructive worker (used chiefly in combination): a wheelwright; a playwright. | |
From Dictionary Brother Definition–noun | 1. | a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling. | | 2. | Also called half brother. a male offspring having only one parent in common with another offspring. | | 4. | a male numbered among the same kinship group, nationality, race, profession, etc., as another; an associate; a fellow member, fellow countryman, fellow man, etc.: a fraternity brother. | | 5. | Ecclesiastical. | a. | (often initial capital letter ) a male numbered among the lay members of a religious organization that has a priesthood. | | b. | a man who devotes himself to the duties of a religious order without taking holy orders, or while preparing for holy orders. | | | 6. | brothers, all members of a particular race, or of the human race in general: All men are brothers. | | 7. | Slang. fellow; buddy: Brother, can you spare a dime? | | 8. | Informal. a black man; soul brother. | –interjection | 9. | Slang. (used to express disappointment, disgust, or surprise). | |
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