- Definite article - This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the
indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number
only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In
such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce
(see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each,
every. - If; -- a word used by old English authors.
- “Le” or “la” in French - Bather thrown out of bar, being a definite article - Definite Article - el or la in spanish - El or Lain Spanish - Ethel has a definite article - Father is keeping article - that's definite!
- Eternal duration, past of future; eternity. - (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God. - A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing
their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis
margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc. - A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See Lasting.
- Certain - Clear-cut - Not negative - Positive - precise explicit - Sure to jet in if Eddie comes back a bit - Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or
greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure;
a definite period or interval.
- Classroom fixture - Light bulb - Spherical object - The earth - World - A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere. - Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as,
the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.