What is the difference between strait and the?
strait | the |
(archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
* Emerson
* 1866 , , Aholibah , lines 53-55
* 1900 , , To One in Bedlam , lines 3-5
(archaic) Righteous, strict.
* 1597 , , IV. iii. 79:
* Bible, Acts xxvi. 5 (Rev. Ver.)
(obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
* 1613 , , III. vi. 86:
(obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
* Sir Philip Sidney
(obsolete) Difficult; distressful; straited.
* Secker
(obsolete) Parsimonious; niggardly; mean.
* 1596 , , V. vii. 42:
(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
* De Foe
A narrow pass or passage.
* Spenser
* 1602 , , III. iii. 154:
A neck of land; an isthmus.
* Tennyson
A difficult position (often used in plural).
* South
* Broome
(obsolete) Strictly; rigorously.
* 1593 , , III. ii. 20:
Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, page 536:
Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is most usually of concern, or most common or familiar.
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With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
As adverbs the difference between strait and the
is that strait is {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} strictly; rigorously while the is with a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.As a adjective strait
is {{context|archaic|lang=en}} narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.As a noun strait
is {{context|geography|lang=en}} a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.As a verb strait
is {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} to put to difficulties.As a article the is
{{non-gloss definition|definite]] [[w:grammatical article|grammatical article]] that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely [[specify|specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already completely specified}} {{defdate|from 10th c}}.strait
English
Adjective
(er)- too strait and low our cottage doors
- Sweet oil was poured out on thy head
- And ran down like cool rain between
- The strait close locks it melted in.
- Those scentless wisps of straw, that miserably line
- His strait , caged universe, whereat the dull world stares,
- Pedant and pitiful.
- to follow the strait and narrow
- some certain edicts and some strait decrees
- the straitest sect of our religion
- Is not this piece too strait ? / No, no, 'tis well.
- a strait degree of favour
- to make your strait' circumstances yet ' straiter
- I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait , / And so ingrateful, you deny me that.
Usage notes
The adjective is often confused with straight.Derived terms
* straitjacket * strait-lacedNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia strait)- The Strait of Gibraltar
- We steered directly through a large outlet which they call a strait , though it be fifteen miles broad.
- He brought him through a darksome narrow strait / To a broad gate all built of beaten gold.
- For honour travels in a strait so narrow / Where one but goes abreast.
- a dark strait of barren land
- to be in dire straits
- Let no man, who owns a Providence, grow desperate under any calamity or strait whatsoever.
- Ulysses made use of the pretense of natural infirmity to conceal the straits he was in at that time in his thoughts.
Derived terms
* dire straitsAdverb
(en adverb)- Proceed no straiter 'gainst our uncle Gloucester
Anagrams
*the
English
Alternative forms
* e (archaic): variant spelling of the . * (archaic) * da, teh, le (informal) * t' (Northern England)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Article
(head)- 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.
- No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
- God save the Queen!
- That apple pie was the best.
- Stern and God-fearing, the Afrikaner takes his religion seriously.
- Feed the''' hungry, clothe '''the''' naked, comfort '''the''' afflicted, and afflict '''the comfortable.
- No one in the whole country had seen it before.
- I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
- A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
- That is'' the ''hospital to go to for heart surgery.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "the")Usage notes
The word the precedes proper nouns in a number of cases, although most proper nouns use no article. There are always exceptions. See also for more information. ; Countries ** As a general rule, country names are not preceded by the . There are a few exceptions, most of which are pluralised: * The Netherlands * The Bahamas * The Solomon Islands * The Maldives * The Seychelles * The Philippines * The Yemen (can also be used without an article) * The Sudan (can also be used without an article) * The Ukraine (article dropped since 1991) * The Lebanon (usually used without the article) ** Names of countries containing specifications like kingdom', '''republic etc are used with ''the : * The United States * The United Kingdom * The United Arab Emirates * The Czech Republic ; Place names ** Some place names use a definite article * All oceans (The Atlantic Ocean, The Pacific Ocean) * All seas (The Red Sea, The Bering Sea, The Caribbean Sea), and straits (The Strait of Magellan, the Bering Strait, The Bosphorus) * All rivers (The Amazon, The Nile, The Mississippi, The Seine, The Yangtze), canals (The Panama Canal, The Suez Canal) and deltas (The Nile Delta, The Orinoco Delta, The Colorado River Delta) * All art galleries (The Tate, The Louvre, The Smithsonian American Art Museum), all museums with the word museum in the name (The National Museum of Natural History, The British Museums) * Most English-language newspapers (The New York Times, The Guardian, The Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal) ; Bands ** Musical bands with a plural name are generally used with the : * The Beatles * The Rolling Stones ; Universities ** University names beginning with the word "University", and some other university names, are used with the : * The University of North Carolina * The Ohio State University * When used before an adjective which is not followed by a noun, it may refer to a group of people for which the adjective is appropriate: ** the Scottish = Scots ** the rich = rich people (considered as a group)Derived terms
* nevertheless * nonetheless * the heck * the hell * the man * the oneEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adverb
(-)- 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.
- 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.