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[[t]ðə[/t]], [[t]ðɪ[/t]] adjective

1) (The form [[t]ðə[/t]] is used before words beginning with a consonant eg [i u]the house[i /u] [[t]ðəhaus[/t]] or consonant sound eg [i u]the union[i /u] [[t]ðəˈjuːnjən[/t]]; the form [[t]ðɪ[/t]] is used before words beginning with a vowel eg [i u]the apple[i /u] [[t]ðɪ ˈapl[/t]] or vowel sound eg [i u]the honour[i /u] [[t]ðɪ ˈɔnə[/t]])

أداة التَّعريف: تُسْتَعْمَل للإشارَةِ الى إسمٍ ذُكِر سابِقا

2) used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known:

Where is the book I put on the table?

Who was the man you were talking to?

My mug is the tall blue one

Switch the light off!

3) used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc:

The horse is running fast.

I spoke to him on the telephone

He plays the piano/violin very well.

تُسـتَعْمَل مع الإسم المُفْرَد أو الصِّفَه لِتُشير إلى النَّوع بصورةٍ عامَّه

4) used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names:

the Duke of Edinburgh

the Atlantic (Ocean).

تُسْتَعْمَل مع الأشياء الفَريدَه في العَناوين والألقاب

5) used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc:

In this job we are paid by the hour.

تُسْتَعْمَل بعدَ حَرْفِ جَر مع كَلِمات تُشير إلى الكَمِيَّه أو الزَّمَن

6) used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other:

He is the kindest man I know

We like him (the) best of all.

تُسْتَعْمَل في المقارَنَه مع درجَة أفْعَل التَّفْضيل

7) (often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc:

He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.

تُستعمل مع درجة المقارنة بين إثنين