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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.
father
Noun
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The father of a person is the man who is one of that person's parents.
The father of Bill Smith IV is Bill Smith III.
father
Verb
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To have children (only applies to males)
He fathered six children in six years.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
wife
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noun
(= married woman)
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage