Usually means: Specifier for a known entity.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word definite article:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. definite article: Merriam-Webster
  2. definite article: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. definite article: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. definite article: Collins English Dictionary
  5. definite article: Vocabulary.com
  6. definite article: Wordnik
  7. definite article: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. definite-article, definite article: Wiktionary
  9. definite article: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. definite article: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. definite article: Dictionary.com
  12. Definite Article, Definite article: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. definite article: Rhymezone
  14. definite article: FreeDictionary.org
  15. definite article: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. definite article: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. definite article: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Definite Article: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (definite article)

noun:  (grammar) An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations.

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