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Noun: definite article  'de-fu-nit 'aa(r)-ti-kul
  1. A determiner (as ‘the’ in English) that indicates specificity of reference
    "In 'the cat', 'the' is the definite article"

Derived forms: definite articles

Type of: article

Encyclopedia: Definite article