those
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ðəʊz/
- (US) enPR: thōz, IPA(key): /ðoʊz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊz
DeterminerEdit
those
- plural of that
- 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. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- 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.
- Those bolts go with these parts.
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plural of that
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PronounEdit
those
- plural of that
- those who serve [those persons who serve]
- don't touch those [those objects over there]