Used before nouns to refer to particular things or people that have already been talked about or….. The meaning of the is —used as a function word to indicate that a following noun or noun equivalent is definite or has been previously specified by context or by circumstance.
We use the definite article in front of a noun when we believe the listener/reader knows exactly what we are referring to:. The is a grammatical article in english, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers.