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The definitive article, which usually refers back to something already identified or to something specific, as in "Where is the key?, "What have you done with the book that I gave you?" and "We have found the book that had we lost". It is also used to denote someone or something as being the only one, as in "the House of Lords", "the King of Spain" and "the President of Russia" and to indicate a class or group, as in "the aristocracy", "the cat family" and "the teaching profession". The is sometimes pronounced "thee" when it is used to identify someone or something unique or important, as in "Is that the John Frame over there?" and "She is the fashion designer of the moment".