definite article

1. 1.

   a determiner (as `the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference

   Broaderarticle

Questions about definite article

What does definite article mean?

definite article means "a determiner (as `the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference".

Is definite article a common word?

definite article is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.