those en · DET
Pronunciation
- [ðoːz] (Canada)
- /ðoʊz/ (US)
- thōz (US)
- (US) audio
- /ðəʊz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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.
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of that
form of that
Those bolts go with these parts.
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 1:1: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.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC: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.
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
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Translations (80)
ar أُولَٰئِكَ (plural of that) · aeb هِاك (plural of that) · es esos (plural of that) · tr onlar (plural of that) · az onlar (plural of that) · ro acei (plural of that) · ro acele (plural of that) · ro alea (plural of that) · fi noita (plural of that) · pl tamte (plural of that) · io iti (plural of that) · es esas (plural of that) · fi niitä (plural of that) · cy yna (plural of that) · ood hegam (plural of that) · la ista (plural of that) · nan-tws 许撮 (plural of that) · cdo 許下 /许下 (plural of that) · mnp 兀密 (plural of that) · de jene (plural of that) · es aquellos (plural of that) · la illae (plural of that) · hak 該兜 /该兜 (plural of that) · mnp 付多 (plural of that) · hop puma (plural of that) · ar ذِيكَ (plural of that) · es aquesas (plural of that) · nl die (plural of that) · cmn 那些 (plural of that) · hu azok (plural of that) · it quelle (plural of that) · kn ಅವು (plural of that) · it quei (plural of that) · sco thae (plural of that) · la istae (plural of that) · bg онези (plural of that) · la illa (plural of that) · fr ces (plural of that) · cs ty (plural of that) · cy hynny (plural of that) · sv dom där (plural of that) · aeb هِاكُومَة (plural of that) · it quegli (plural of that) · fi he (plural of that) · no de der (plural of that) · bg ония (plural of that) · sv dom (plural of that) · th เหล่านั้น (plural of that) · no de (plural of that) · ar تِلْكَ (plural of that) · yue 嗰啲 (plural of that) · cs tamty (plural of that) · es aquesos (plural of that) · wa ces (plural of that) · nci inihqueh on (plural of that) · es tales (plural of that) · es aquellas (plural of that) · fi nuo (plural of that) · fa آن (plural of that) · mnp 兀多 (plural of that) · ro ăia (plural of that) · pt aqueles (plural of that) · tr o (plural of that) · vi kia (plural of that) · sv de (plural of that) · la illī (plural of that) · wuu 埃點 /埃点 (plural of that) · nan-hbl 徊 (plural of that) · sv de där (plural of that) · kn ಅವರು (plural of that) · nan-hbl 遐的 (plural of that) · vi ấy (plural of that) · da de (plural of that) · ru те (plural of that) · kn ಅವುಗಳು (plural of that) · la istī (plural of that) · ka ისინი (plural of that) · io ti (plural of that) · nan-tws 許撮 /许撮 (plural of that) · za doenghgij (plural of that)