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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.
seven
Determiner
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(ordinal seventh) The number 7.
There are seven days in one week.
seven
Noun
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The number 7.
daughter
Noun
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A daughter is a female child of someone.
I am her father and she is my daughter.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
eve
Noun
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The day or night before, usually used for holidays.
My parents always let me open one gift on Christmas Eve.
My friend Stacy throws the best New Year's Eve parties.
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Evening, night.
One the eve of our wedding anniversary, I give my wife a red rose.