Meanings
- pluralplural of that
Those bolts go with these parts.
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Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1When 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.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLCFrom 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.
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52Synonyms: them
- pluralplural of that
those who serve [those persons who serve]
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don't touch those [those objects over there]
Services those who do not pay can be prevented from using.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Middle Englishthos“those”
- Englishthose
From 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.
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Arabic أُولَٰئِكَ, تِلْكَ
- أُولَٰئِكَ (ʔūlāʔika)plural of that
- تِلْكَ (tilka)plural of that
- ذِيكَ (ḏīka)plural of that
Bulgarian ония, онези
- ония (onija)plural of that
- онези (onezi)plural of that
Chinese Cantonese 嗰啲
- 嗰啲plural of that
Chinese Mandarin 那些
- 那些 (nàxiē)plural of that
Czech ty, tamty
- typlural of that
- tamtyplural of that
Danish de
- deplural of that
Dutch die
- dieplural of that
Finnish niitä, noita
- niitäplural of that
- noitaplural of that
- nuoplural of that
- heplural of that
French ces, ceux-là
- cesplural of that
- ceux-làplural of that
- celles-làplural of that
German jene
- jeneplural of that
Hungarian azok
- azokplural of that
Italian quelle, quei
- quelleplural of that
- queiplural of that
- quegliplural of that
Latin illī, illae
- illīplural of that
- illaeplural of that
- illaplural of that
- istīplural of that
- istaeplural of that
- istaplural of that
- illīplural of that
- illaeplural of that
- illaplural of that
- istīplural of that
- istaeplural of that
- istaplural of that
Norwegian de, de der
- deplural of that
- de derplural of that
Persian آن
- آن (ân)plural of that
Polish tamte
- tamteplural of that
Portuguese aqueles
- aquelesplural of that
Romanian acei, acele
- aceiplural of that
- aceleplural of that
- ăiaplural of that
- aleaplural of that
Russian те
- те (te)plural of that
Spanish esos, aquesos
- esosplural of that
- aquesosplural of that
- esasplural of that
- aquesasplural of that
- aquellosplural of that
- aquellasplural of that
- talesplural of that
- esosplural of that
- ésosplural of that
- aquesosplural of that
- esasplural of that
- ésasplural of that
- aquesasplural of that
- aquellosplural of that
- aquéllosplural of that
- aquellasplural of that
- aquéllasplural of that
- talesplural of that
Swedish de, de där
- deplural of that
- de därplural of that
- domplural of that
- dom därplural of that
Thai เหล่านั้น
- เหล่านั้น (làonán)plural of that
Turkish o, onlar
- oplural of that
- onlarplural of that
Vietnamese ấy, kia
- ấyplural of that
- kiaplural of that
Welsh hynny, yna
- hynnyplural of that
- ynaplural of that
- y rheinaplural of that
- y rheiniplural of that
- y rheinyplural of that
Rhymes & wordplay
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those. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/those
“those.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/those. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “those,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/those.
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