Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An article, such as English a or an, that does not fix the identity of the noun modified.
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- noun grammar A word
preceding anoun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of theclass of objects named by the noun.
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- noun a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates nonspecific reference
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