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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.
forest
Noun
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A forest is an area covered with many trees, and sometimes by bushes and other plants.
Certain forests are so vast that people can easily be lost there.
house
Noun
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A house is a building that one family lives in.
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House is a type of music.
house
Verb
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If you house someone or something, you give them a home.
The building houses a research centre and a school.
During the storm they were housed in the local school's gym.