Below you will find example sentences with "definite article". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Definite Article in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: article
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.6 words

Words in this phrase

definite article

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • definite can mean: Having distinct limits. Less frequent word
  • article can mean: A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a definite article masc il 1× a definite article was realised 1× after a definite article the after 1× and the definite article het shortened 1× article a definite article indicates that 1× articles the definite article is li 1× as a definite article the and 1× by a definite article the mixed 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a definite article 2× definite article a 2× a calque in 1× all romance languages 1× another factor that 1× articles the definite 1×

Common sentence endings:

many green apples 2× a definite article 1× armrinn the arm 1× college for students 1× definite article al 1× demonstrative adjective that 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

indefinite 6× nouns 5× used 4× languages 4× proper 3× names 3× adjective 3× inflection 3× manx 3× troll 3× indicates 2× noun 2×

Related phrases

article dated article info indefinite article article contains article containing article titled

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around article:

article dated 20× article info 20× indefinite article 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

defined contribution defined benefit defensive tackle defensive player defensive midfielder defensive lineman

Just after it in the phrase index:

degree criminal degrees celsius degrees fahrenheit deion sanders del mar del norte

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

indefinite article

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "definite article" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 27.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a definite article masc il, a definite article was realised, indefinite, nouns and used stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with article dated, article info, indefinite article, article dated, article info and indefinite article, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with definite article

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Articles The definite article is li which is invariant. (9 words)

Many also have a partitive article (dē "of" + definite article). (10 words)

In languages having a definite article, the lack of an article specifically indicates that the noun is indefinite. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

More clarification on what’s often called the world's most famous steam locomotive: from what I can gather, yir nerds drop the definite article, which is reserved for the railway line as such and which, indeed, gave its name to the locomotive. (43 words)

Strong and weak proper names Because they are used to refer to an individual entity, proper names are, by their nature, definite; so a definite article would be redundant, and personal names (like John) are used without an article or other determiner. (42 words)

For example, the indefinite article een can be shortened to ' n, and the definite article het shortened to ' t. When this happens in the first word of a sentence, the second word of the sentence is capitalised. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Definite article A definite article indicates that its noun is a particular one which is identifiable to the listener.

Definite article * A few 'institutional' nouns take no definite article when a certain role is implied: for example, at sea (as a sailor), in prison (as a convict), and at/in college (for students).

Strong and weak proper names Because they are used to refer to an individual entity, proper names are, by their nature, definite; so a definite article would be redundant, and personal names (like John) are used without an article or other determiner.

The definite article sē main and its various forms could serve both as a definite article ("the") and a demonstrative adjective ("that").

Definite nouns include all proper nouns, all nouns in "construct state" and all nouns which are prefixed by the definite article /al-/.

Another factor that determines the endings of adjectives is whether the adjective is being used after a definite article (the), after an indefinite article (a/an) or without any article before the adjective (many green apples).

A definite article (masc. il or igl before a vowel; fem. la) is distinguished from an indefinite article (masc.

All Romance languages have a definite article (originally developed from ipse "self" but replaced in nearly all languages by ille "that (over there)") and an indefinite article (developed from ūnus "one").

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For example, the indefinite article een can be shortened to ' n, and the definite article het shortened to ' t. When this happens in the first word of a sentence, the second word of the sentence is capitalised.

In languages having a definite article, the lack of an article specifically indicates that the noun is indefinite.

Many also have a partitive article (dē "of" + definite article).

They most commonly use weak inflection when preceded by a definite article (the), mixed inflection after an indefinite article (a/an), and strong inflection when a quantity is indicated (many green apples).

Under this point of view, definiteness does not play a role in the selection of a definite article more than the lexical entry attached to the article.

More clarification on what’s often called the world's most famous steam locomotive: from what I can gather, yir nerds drop the definite article, which is reserved for the railway line as such and which, indeed, gave its name to the locomotive.

A calque in Anglo-Manx is the use of the definite article, e.g. the Manx, the Gaelic, in ways not generally seen in standard English.

A definite article was realised as a suffix, that retained an independent declension e.g. troll (a troll) – trollit (the troll), hǫll ( a hall) – hǫllin (the hall), armr (an arm) – armrinn (the arm).

Articles The definite article is li which is invariant.

As with Irish and Scottish, the form with the definite article is frequently used in Manx, e.g. y Ghaelg or y Ghailck (Irish an Ghaeilge, Scottish a' Ghàidhlig).

During the Middle Bulgarian period, the language underwent dramatic changes, losing the Slavonic case system, but preserving the rich verb system (while the development was exactly the opposite in other Slavic languages) and developing a definite article.

Esperanto does not have separate forms for the possessive pronouns ; this sense is generally (though not always) indicated with the definite article: la mia (mine).

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