definite article
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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def·i·nite ar·ti·cle
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n. Gram.
a determiner (the in English) that implies that the thing mentioned has already been mentioned, or is common knowledge, or is about to be defined (as in the book on the table; the art of government). Compare with indefinite article.
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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NEW ISSUES TO HONOR FOOTBALL'S EARLY HEROES.(Stars)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 8/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...legendary college football players - Walter Camp, Ernie Nevers, Red Grange and Bronko...supplied by the Postal Service: Walter Chauncey Camp (1859-1925): Known as the...Nagurski, Ernie Nevers, Red Grange and Walter Camp. Color.
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Ghosts From Football's Past Suit Up Again on New Postage Stamps.
PR Newswire; 8/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...day greats into the College Football Hall of Fame. Walter Camp, Ernie Nevers, Red Grange and Bronko Nagurski are...White. Known as the father of American football, Walter Chauncey Camp (1859-1925) shaped the rules that transformed...
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 "The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Stamp-collecting news and notes.
Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 8/18/2003; 700+ words
; ...stamps honor Harold "Red" Grange, Walter Chauncey Camp, Ernest Alonzo Nevers and Bronislau...playing before sellout crowds. Camp (1859-1925) is best remembered for his early "Camp's All-America" teams and as...
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Stamp-collecting news and notes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/21/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...stamps honor Harold "Red" Grange, Walter Chauncey Camp, Ernest Alonzo Nevers and Bronislau...playing before sellout crowds. Camp (1859-1925) is best remembered for his early "Camp's All-America" teams and as...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Mission clock a century old
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 4/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...reorganized in 1897. In 1902, Walter Chauncey Camp (1859-1925) became New Haven's new president, but Camp is probably best known as the...and at Stanford University, and Camp is said to have been the one largely...
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CASTLE GIRLS' OFFENSE GOES INTO RECORD BOOK
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 3/8/2006; ; 609 words
; ...in the evolution of football: 1882: Captain Walter Camp of Yale creates the idea of downs; to retain...Pacers, 91.9 Ray Allen, SuperSonics, 91.1 Chauncey Billups, Pistons, 91.1 a Walter McCarty's NBA averages: This season with...
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In Sports from United Press International, Johnson big winner in college awards.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 12/13/2002; 700+ words
; ...running back. He was also named the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the...finalist for the O'Brien, Maxwell and Camp honors, yet came away empty. But...Bulls CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Chauncey Billups hit a pair of key three...
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IN SPORTS FROM UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
News Wire article from: United Press International; 12/12/2002; 700+ words
; ...running back. He was also named the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the...finalist for the O'Brien, Maxwell and Camp honors, yet came away empty. But...Bulls CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Chauncey Billups hit a pair of key three...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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PLUMMER COULD USE WIN, SHAVE FOR HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY.(Sports)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 12/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...third-team tight end. Last week he was named to the Walter Camp All-America team . . . The Sporting News released its...George Washington High and University of Colorado athlete Chauncey Billups is featured solo in an adidas tennis shoe TV...
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Pitino has ball, and he'll score before too long
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...negative situation. From the beginning of training camp, we've been promising something. All he had...the press and lookaway passes from the likes of Walter McCarty and rookie Chauncey Billups. They were responding to the aggressive...
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Walter Chauncey Camp
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Walter Chauncey Camp 1859-1925, American athlete, football...as captain at Yale Univ. in the 1880s, Camp shaped the rules that transformed rugby...and the present point system. Until 1910 Camp continued at Yale as an unpaid advisory...
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The 1920s: Sports: Deaths
Book article from: American Decades
...first Olympic Games of modern times, 14 February 1929. Walter Chauncey Camp, 65, football authority who in 1888 became Yale...first of the annual All-American football teams. Camp was largely responsible for giving football its modern...
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