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/stressed thee; unstressed before a consonant thuh; unstressed before a vowel thee/US // stressed ði; unstressed before a consonant ðə; unstressed before a vowel ði //UK // (stressed or emphatic ðiː, unstressed before a consonant ðə, unstressed before a vowel ðɪ) //

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    • : : the book you gave me; Come into the house.
    • : : the sun; the Alps; the Queen Elizabeth; the past; the West.
    • : : the Duke of Wellington; the Reverend John Smith.
    • : : the skiing center of the U.S.; If you're going to work hard, now is the time.
    • : : The dog is a quadruped.
    • : : He won't be able to play football until the leg mends.
    • : : to visit the sick; from the sublime to the ridiculous.
    • : : He took the wrong road and drove miles out of his way.
    • : : the sixties; the Gay Nineties.
    • : : Did you listen to the radio last night?
    • : enough: He saved until he had the money for a new car. She didn't have the courage to leave.
    • : for, to, or in each; a or an: at one dollar the pound.

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Examples

  • France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.

  • Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

  • Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

  • The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.

  • The Daily Beast spoke to a jubilant League on Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes battle to get The Interview to movie theaters.

  • Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

  • You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.

  • Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.

  • I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.

  • Besides the districts mentioned, tobacco is grown largely in that of Frankfort-on-the Oder.