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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'the' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions the adverb (infl, en, adverb) With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. The hotter better. The more I think about it, weaker it looks. The more money donated, more books purchased and more happy children. It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result in the direction of the comparative. This can be negated with none. It was a difficult time, but I"m wiser for it. It was a difficult time, and I"m none wiser for it. Translations:  Dutch: hoe + comp., hoe + comp. German: je + comp., + desto + comp. Etymology: From demonstrative pronoun (term, íe, lang=ang), a late variant of (term, se, lang=ang), originally masculine nominative, but in Middle English superceding all previous forms ((term, se, lang=ang), (term, seo, sÄo), (term, íít)).        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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