Englishfor English speakers
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.
Greek
Proper noun
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The language people speak in Greece.
Greek
Noun
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A person from Greece.
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A member of a college fraternity (brotherhood) or sorority (sisterhood).
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Anal sex.
Greek
Adjective
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From Greece, in Greece, or part of Greece.
I have a Greek vase.
She is Greek.
Crete is a Greek island.
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In a style typical of Greece.