definite article
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌdefinite ˈarticle noun [countable usually singular] 1. SLGthe word ‘the’ in English 〔英语中的〕定冠词〔即the〕 → indefinite article2. SLGa word in another language that is like ‘the’ 〔其他语言中的〕定冠词
Examples from the Corpus
definite article• The newspaper names have a definite article because there is only one.• But these are presented without a definite article.• It's a language all its own, with rules and a grammar, but it has no definite article.• The man had become a myth and acquired the definite article.• Demonstratives and the definite article are terms whose mobilisation and use would be strongly linked to this kind of deixis.• Notice especially that the definite article may be one such further selecting qualifier.• They are all blond and call themselves Gang, without the definite article, which has an icily Germanic ring.• The definite article was inclined to appear in strange places, and to disappear from other places where it should have been.ˌdefinite ˈarticle nounChineseSyllable
word ‘the’ English the in Corpus
definite article
ˌdefinite ˈarticle
noun [countable usually singular]
1. the word ‘the’ in English ⇨ indefinite article
2. a word in another language that is like ‘the’
ˌdefinite ˈarticle
noun [countable usually singular]1. the word ‘the’ in English ⇨ indefinite article
2. a word in another language that is like ‘the’