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/ðə/

The has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Article · Prep

Definitions
Adverb
1

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

Article
1

Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already completely specified.

Prep
1

For each; per.

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Origin

The word "the" comes from Old English demonstrative pronouns meaning "that." Over time, the original form shifted and eventually replaced all previous gendered versions in Middle English to become the single neutral article used today.

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