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brown
Noun
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Brown is one of the colors people can see
brown
Adjective
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Coloured brown.
derby
Noun
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A derby is a race, often with horses, around a track.
Before the derby, people make bets on which horse will win.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.