those
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English thos (“those”), alteration of tho pl (“the; those”), equivalent to tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), partly by analogy with thes (“these”), whose final -s is original and not a plural ending. More at tho.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ðəʊz/
- (US) enPR: thōz, IPA(key): /ðoʊz/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊz
Determiner
editthose
- plural of that
- Those bolts go with these parts.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1:
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
- From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts.
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editTranslations
editplural of that
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Pronoun
editthose
- plural of that
- those who serve [those persons who serve]
- don't touch those [those objects over there]
Translations
editplural of that
Derived terms
edit- all things come to those who wait
- God helps those who help themselves
- good things come to those who wait
- heaven helps those that help themselves
- heaven helps those who help themselves
- just one of those things
- one of those days
- one of those things
- the Lord helps those that help themselves
- the Lord helps those who help themselves
- there are none so blind as those who will not see
- there's none so blind as those who will not see
- those ones
- those people
- those that have get
- those that have get more
- those were the days
- those who have get
- those who have get more
- those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
- those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it
- to those it may concern
- with friends like those who needs enemies
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