THE

Definition: THE

THE

Adverb

1. By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.

Definite article

1. A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.

Intransitive verb

1. See Thee.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "THE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

THE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Love

Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover's knot; love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the, old story, plighted love; courtship; amourette; free love.

Crosswords: THE

Albanian (blade, edge), Pidgin English (the), Spanish (letter), Vietnamese (chiffon).

Should we, or should we not follow the advice of the galactically stupid (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Hey Stifler, how's the pale ale (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz)

I hate it when they talk during the movie (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Honey, I watched you the whole time, and you didn't screw up once (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle ; writing credit: Amanda Silver)

Everybody plays the fool, sometime (Everybody Plays the Fool; performing artist: Aaron Neville)

I, I was the lonely one (Even The Nights Are Better; performing artist: Air Supply)

Don’t rock the jukebox (Don't Rock The Jukebox; performing artist: Alan Jackson)

We're flying above the clouds, I can see happiness from here (Above The Clouds; performing artist: Amber)

He's got her best friend on the phone (Flavor of the Weak; performing artist: American Hi-Fi)

We are all alike, on the inside. (references; author: Mark Twain)

The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup. (references; author: Bob Hope)

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. (references; author: W.C. Fields)

If the people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em. (references; author: Yogi Berra)

Sex without love is an empty gesture. But as empty gestures go, it is one of the best. (references; author: Woody Allen)

A big black bug bit a big black bear. Where's the big black bear the big black bug bit? (references; author: unknown)

A leaky rear latch on the listing bark lifted right up and the water rushed in. (references; author: unknown)

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk. (references; author: unknown)

Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, with stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, he thrusts his fist against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts. (references; author: unknown)

Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran. (references; author: unknown)

View from the Top (2003)

Bringing Down the House (2003)

Tears of the Sun (2003)

The Sea (2003)

On the Street (1999)

Feels Like The First Time (performing artist: Foreigner)

Building For The Future (performing artist: The Foremen)

Do The Clinton (performing artist: The Foremen)

Firing The Surgeon General (performing artist: The Foremen)

Privateers Of The Public Airwaves (performing artist: The Foremen)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Dairy Products and Birds’ Eggs in Malaysia (reference)

• Bank of Scotland (Governor and Company of The): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Capital Corp of the West: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The Lingerie Industry in France: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Frederick Douglass : Autobiographies : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Library of America) (reference)

• El Autobus Magico En El Sistema Solar/the Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System (reference)

• The Illustrated AutoCAD 2002 Quick Reference (reference)

• The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese: A History and Chronology (The Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, No 4) (reference)

• The Ancient Church on New Shores: Antioch in North America (Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, No. 5) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Journal Of The Copyright Society Of The Usa (reference)

• Tapping The Treasure In Corn (reference)

• Annual Rep Of The Minister Of Indus Science & Tech Under The Corp & Labor Unions Ret Act (reference)

• Sustainer : Journal Of The Royal Logistic Corps (reference)

• Folk On The Delaware General Corporation Law (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Sesame Street - Do the Alphabet & 1 2 3 Count With Me (2 in 1 Video) (reference)

• Sesame Street - The Alphabet Jungle Game (reference)

• The Alps: the Tyrol, Dolomites, Milan & Lake Como (reference)

• Trekking the Alps (reference)

• The Who - The Kids Are Alright (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sing the Alphabet (reference)

• Krenek: Travelbook from the Austrian Alps (reference)

• Christmas in the Alps (reference)

• Yodeling Songs of the Alps (reference)

• Holst: The Planets/John Williams: Star Wars/Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Sony ITB9 Speed Dial Corded Phone (already on the site) (reference)

• TINKERS GUILD Scientific American: The Amateur Astronomer (reference)

• The Amazing Sea Monkey (reference)

• SIERRA ATTRACTIONS Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Windows) (reference)

• 100 Great Games for the Palm (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Ottomanelli's The Chocolate Attraction Gift Basket (reference)

• Thomas the Tank Engine Full Steam Ahead 5 piece Bedding Set (reference)

• Leatherman 65070303 Tool Adapter for The Wave (reference)

• West Bend 88003 The Entertainer 3-Quart Electric Fondue Pot with 8 Forks (reference)

• Lunt Winnie the Pooh Birthday Candleholders (6-Character Set) (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Several nurses in a nurses' station, two of which are working on a computer accessing PDQ. Physicians Data Query was designed by the National Cancer Institute to help physicians and patients obtain information on protocols, physician referrals and clinics using the most up-to-date cancer treatments. Credit: Bill Branson.

A woman is sitting with a "grid" portable computer in her lap working on PDQ database. The view is over her left shoulder. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Puerto Rican boys in water which could contain the agent of bilharzia (schistosomiasis). Credit: CDC.

Gross pathology of cotton rat infected with Echinococcus multilocularis. First E. locularis isolated in the United States proper. Necropsy. Credit: CDC.

"Four Point Sphere" by Martin Levenius. To vary the X, Y, and Z coordinates of one of the points, use the Scrollbar to vary A, B, and C.

"Ethane" by Daniel Bentham and Staffan Björkenstam. Use the Scrollbar to vary A and C. High resolution, may take a few seconds to generate.

Testing the AX-5. Credit: NASA.

New Animation Depicts Changs in Antarctic Ice Sheet For the first time, scientists at NASA have generated a computer model depicting changes in the Antarctic ice sheet since the peak of the last ice age - nearly 20,000 years ago. The West Antarctic ice. Credit: NASA.

Eastern U.S. In the Grips of Old Man Winter. Credit: NASA.

The NACA Test Force. Credit: NASA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Welshmen shall do the same to us and ours. (reference)

The one gave title to the other. (Second Treatise of Government)

They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. (reference)

Clause 6: The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. (reference)

Amendment IX. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. (reference)

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. (reference)

The subjects are political. (reference)

The working men have no country. (reference)

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. (Abraham Lincoln)

The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. (The Gettysburg Address)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

Knightley is quite the gentleman

Alice was sorry for this, as she wanted to hear the news too.

The idea being an alarming one, he scrambled out of bed, and groped his way to the window

A magician wandered along the beach, but no one needed him.

The reason is not far to seek

There is nothing at all to fear on the side of the populace of the capital

This place is giving me the Fear

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The tooth is cleaned. (references)

The HIV/AIDS epidemic. (references)

Jaundice in the infant. (references)

Business

The TFCA denied the request. (references)

He is appealing the sentence. (references)

Germany has 13% of the market. (references)

Children

Ethiopia

Wheelchairs are rare in the country. (references)

Luxembourg

No such activities were reported during the year. (references)

Dominica

The age of consent for sexual relations is 16 years. (references)

Civil Liberties

Morocco

RSF criticized the banning. (references)

Ukraine

The SBU denied these charges. (references)

Panama

He remains out of the country. (references)

Discrimination

Brazil

Eighteen persons were accused in the crime. (references)

Armenia

The religion law discriminates against some religious groups. (references)

Romania

The two houses had not reconciled their versions by year's end. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

The IPC is more flexible. (references)

Laos

FUEL IS THE LEADING IMPORT. (references)

Mongolia

The SGH meets semiannually. (references)

Human Rights

Bangladesh

Of the 17, 8 are in custody. (references)

Iraq

They use the Iraqi legal code. (references)

Bangladesh

The CMM rejected the petition. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

Hearings on the case ended in March. (references)

Bangladesh

A bomb exploded during the procession. (references)

Denmark

A ruling was expected in the spring of 2002. (references)

Minorities

United Kingdom

The protest ended in November. (references)

Argentina

INADI was investigating the case. (references)

Argentina

A swastika was found inside the box. (references)

Political Economy

Australia

The debate is ongoing. (references)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Re-tendering is the norm. (references)

Madagascar

Shrimp is the leading export. (references)

Political Rights

Lesotho

The BNP won the other seat. (references)

Burkina Faso

Ernest Yonli is the Prime Minister. (references)

Yemen

The multiparty system remains weak. (references)

Trade

Argentina

The CF is subject to VAT. (references)

Uruguay

The BCU is not independent. (references)

Burma

The kyat is not convertible. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

Walk close to the curb. (references)

Guyana

Traffic moves on the left. (references)

Mauritius

Traffic drives on the left. (references)

Women

Brunei

Female officers staff the unit. (references)

Grenada

The home accommodates 20 persons. (references)

Comoros

Men have the dominant role in society. (references)

Worker Rights

Hong Kong

Two-income households are the norm. (references)

Austria

Suessenbacher appealed the sentence. (references)

Fiji

The ILO maintains an office in Suva. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Lord is my father

He that hears the Lord

The heel

The offering or lifting up

The heel

The grace or mercy of the Lord

The neck or skull

The neck or skull

The glory of God

The glory of God

The Lord is good

The Lord is my light or fire

Distillation from the mouth

Distillation from the mouth

The Lord is my secret

The destroyer

Father of the wine-press

Mourning to the house of Maachah

The mourning of Egyptians

The Lord is my father

Father of the remnant

Expressions using "THE": "Mutual Help" General Social Fund for the Improvement of Public Health ♦ 2) skimmed milk powder manufactured by the spray process ♦ a bird in the bush ♦ a bird in the hand is worth two in the bus ♦ a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ♦ a block in the traffic ♦ a bolt from the blue ♦ a bottle of the local wine ♦ a brand from the burning ♦ A buck of the first head ♦ A cast of the eye ♦ a change for the better ♦ a change for the worse ♦ a child at the breast ♦ a chip of the old block ♦ A chip off the old block ♦ a clear view of the facts ♦ a crack in the ceiling ♦ a crick in the neck ♦ a custom more honored in the breach than the observance ♦ a day after the fair ♦ A dog in the manger ♦ a drop in the ocean ♦ A feather in the cap ♦ A flea in the ear ♦ a fly in the oinment ♦ a fly in the ointment ♦ a glut on the market ♦ a hole in the ozone layer ♦ a jerk with the elbow ♦ a leap in the dark ♦ a loophole in the law ♦ a magnificence worthy of the occasion ♦ A Methodology for the Development of Knowledge Based Systems ♦ a note in the margin ♦ a pain in the guts ♦ a pain in the neck ♦ a pat on the back ♦ a poor hand on the violin ♦ a ring in the wall ♦ A sheet in the wind ♦ a shot in the dark ♦ a shot in the locker ♦ a singing in the ears ♦ a skeleton in the cupboard ♦ a slip of the pen ♦ a slip of the tongue ♦ a sportsman to the core ♦ a thorn in the flesh ♦ a thorn in the side ♦ a town on the sea ♦ a voice in the wilderness ♦ a voyage into the unknown ♦ a wolf in the sheep's clothing ♦ a writer of the first rank ♦ Abaft the beam ♦ Abbot of the people ♦ abdication of the throne ♦ abeam of the cape ♦ abide by the law ♦ abide by the rules ♦ aboard the train ♦ abort the project ♦ abort the uprising ♦ abortion by the pregnant woman ♦ About the ears ♦ about the place ♦ above the ordinary ♦ Above the salt ♦ abrasion of the skin ♦ abreast of the times ♦ abscond with the money ♦ absence makes the heart grow fonder ♦ absorb the shock ♦ absorb the soul ♦ abstract of the register of land charges ♦ accede to the throne ♦ Acceleration of the moon ♦ Acceleration of the planets ♦ accented on the last syllable ♦ accept the fact ♦ accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds ♦ accept the truth ♦ Accessary after the fact ♦ Accessary before the fact ♦ accessible to the public ♦ accession to the throne ♦ accessory after the fact ♦ accessory before the fact ♦ accessory during the fact ♦ accident on the way to and from work ♦ according to the experts ♦ according to the law ♦ according to the price ♦ according to the reference ♦ according to the regulations ♦ according to the rule ♦ according to the rules ♦ accountants who know the price of everything and the value of nothing ♦ accumulate interest on the capital ♦ ace in the hole. Additional references.

Beginning with "THE": the-art, the-bank, the-boy-stood-on-the-burning-deck, the-building, the-cab, the-carving-of-mahogany-to-fit-the-cami-knickers, the-commission, the-cosmological, the-cows, the-creed, the-crustaceans, the-data, the-day, the-door, the-e, the-economic, the-e-e, the-end-of-the-millennium, the-er, the-factor, the-farmer, the-fields, the-first, the-food, the-freeholds, the-from, the-garden, the-glee, the-graveyard, the-headlands, the-hero-as-artist, the-horizon, the-horrors, the-house-in-the-valley-where-the-yew-trees-grow, the-knife, the-line, the-list, the-little, the-man-as-poet, the-man-who-is-the-poet, the-marsh, the-middle, the-more, the-most-important-film-star-of-the-nineties, the-open, the-other, the-participants, the-place, the-presence, the-prisoner, the-rapist, the-risk, the-role, the-royal, the-savoy, the-slot, the-soughing, the-spiral, the-stripe-repeated, the-stumpy-tail, the-table, the-the, the-they, the-time, the-timidity, the-total, the-troops, the-two, The-ukraine, the-wind, The-woman-in-the-street.

Ending with "THE": about-the, and-the, at-the, in-the, it-the, off-the, of-the, on-the, out-of-the, state-of-the, top-of-the, turn-of-the.

Containing "THE": above-the-line, across-the-curriculum, around-the-clock, Ashford-in-the-water, at-the-money, backs-to-the-wall, back-to-the-wall, behind-the-scenes, below-the-line, best-of-the-day, bottom-of-the-table, Bourton-on-the-water, boy-in-the-box, circle-in-the-square, Columba's-by-the-castle, corn-on-the-cob, first-past-the-post, fly-on-the-wall, foot-in-the-door, Giles-in-the-fields, Giles-the-murderer, Harrow-on-the-hill, heat-of-the-moment, hole-in-the-corner, hole-in-the-wall, holy-place-from-over-the-great-water, hot-off-the-press, in-the-money, is-the-mitsubishi-scratched-yet, lily-of-the-valley, man-in-the-street, man-of-the-match, Martin-in-the-fields, Martin's-in-the-fields, melt-in-the-mouth, Michael-in-the-moor, middle-of-the-range, Middleton-on-the-wolds, never-the-less, Niagara-on-the-lake, none-the-less, off-the-ball, off-the-books, off-the-cuff, off-the-field, off-the-job, off-the-page, off-the-peg, off-the-record, off-the-shelf, off-the-shoulder, off-the-wall, on-the-fly, on-the-job, on-the-road, on-the-spot, on-the-water, out-of-the-body, out-of-the-money, out-of-the-way, outside-the-scope, over-the-counter, over-the-hill, over-the-shoulder, over-the-top, pig-in-the-middle, Player-of-the-year, round-the-world, scene-of-the-crime, state-of-the-nation, Stow-on-the-wold, Strand-on-the-green, top-of-the-line, top-of-the-range, top-of-the-table, trade-the-cheapest, turn-of-the-century, under-the-counter, unix-on-the-desktop, up-to-the-minute, Walton-on-the-naze, Wells-next-the-sea, will-o'-the-wisps, Winnie-the-pooh.