the the

determiner

• Denoting one or more people or things already mentioned or assumed to be common knowledge.
• Used to point forward to a following qualifying or defining clause or phrase.
• Used to make a generalized reference to something rather than identifying a particular instance.
• Enough of (a particular thing)
• (pronounced stressing ‘the’) used to indicate that someone or something is the best known or most important of that name or type.
• Used adverbially with comparatives to indicate how one amount or degree of something varies in relation to another.