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English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Determiner
those
- 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
- them (dialectal or nonstandard)
Antonyms
Translations
plural of that
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Pronoun
those
- plural of that
- those who serve [those persons who serve]
- don't touch those [those objects over there]
Translations
Derived terms
- 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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