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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.
watcher
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noun
(= spectator, viewer)
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
the spectators applauded the performance
television viewers
sky watchers discovered a new star
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noun
a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
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noun
(= watchman)
a guard who keeps watch