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the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
Captain
1. n. An army officer title in most countries
2. n. The title for someone who holds the captain job on a ship or other vessel.
These islands were discovered by Captain Cook.
3. n. A chief or leader.
4. n. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
5. n. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
6. n. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
7. n. A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or ran
8. n. One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
9. n. The leader of a group of workers.
John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man.".
10. n. A maître d'.
11. n. (southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
12. n. (internet) Someone who provides contextual information for a post. Originally a shorthand for 'Captain Obvious'.
13. v. (intransitive) To act as captain
14. v. To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
absconded
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of abscond
abscond
1. v. (intransitive, reflexive, archaic) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
2. v. (intransitive, reflexive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution.
3. v. (intransitive) To withdraw from.
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To conceal; to take away.
5. v. To evade, to hide or flee from.
The captain absconded his responsibility.
His
1. pron. honoraltcaps, his
2. det. Belonging to him.
3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.
Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
Sejanus his Fall
6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
The decision was his to live with.
7. pron. alternative spelling of His
8. n. plural of hi
responsibility
1. n. The state of being responsible, ac, or answerable.
Responsibility is a heavy burden.
2. n. A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held ac.
Why didn't you clean the house? That was your responsibility!
The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world - Harry S. Truman
3. n. (military) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success.
4. n. (military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual.

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