those

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ðəʊz/
• (US) enPR: thōz, IPA^(key): /ðoʊz/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

Determiner

those

1. 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.

Synonyms

• them

Antonyms

• these

Translations

plural of that

• Azerbaijani: onlar (az)
• Bulgarian: ония (onija), онези (onezi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那些 (zh) (nàxiē)

  Cantonese: 嗰啲 (yue) (go² di¹)

  Hakka: 該兜／该兜 (ke-têu)

  Min Nan:

  Hokkien: 遐的 (zh-min-nan) (hiah-ê, hia-ê), 徊 (hoâi)

  Teochew: 許撮／许撮, 许撮 (he² coh⁴)

• Classical Nahuatl: inihqueh on
• Czech: ty (cs), tamty
• Danish: de (da)
• Dutch: die (nl)
• Finnish: niitä (fi), noita (fi)
• French: ces (fr), celles-là (fr) f, ceux-là (fr) m
• Georgian: ისინი (isini)
• German: jene (de)
• Hopi: puma
• Hungarian: azok (hu)
• Ido: iti (io) pl, ti (io) pl
• Italian: quelle (it) f, quei m pl, quegli m pl
• Kannada: ಅವರು (kn) m or f (avaru), ಅವುಗಳು n (avugaḷu), ಅವು (kn) n (avu)
• Norwegian: de (no)
• Portuguese: aqueles (pt)
• Romanian: acei m pl, acele f pl, ăia m pl (informal), alea f pl (informal)
• Russian: те (ru) (te)
• Scots: thae
• Spanish: esos (es) m or n, esas (es) f, aquéllos, aquellas (es) f
• Swedish: de (sv), de där (sv), dom (sv) (informal), dom där (informal)
• Thai: เหล่านั้น (làonán)
• Vietnamese: ấy (vi), kia (vi)
• Walloon: ces (wa) m or f (followed by adverb "la" after noun)

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Pronoun

those

1. plural of that

   those who serve [those persons who serve]

   don't touch those [those objects over there]

Anagrams

• Theos, ethos, shote, sothe