"that's" meaning in English

See that's in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

IPA: /ðæts/, /ðəts/ [unstressed] Audio: en-us-that's.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -æts Head templates: {{head|en|contraction}} that's
  1. That is. Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-that's-en-contraction-6~jAQW~n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 0 0 0 41 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 56 0 0 0 44
  2. That has. Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-that's-en-contraction-mi4bURBf
  3. That was. Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-that's-en-contraction-4NM-WOsF
  4. That does. Tags: contraction
    Sense id: en-that's-en-contraction-~Kz-bkG8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: das [African-American-Vernacular-English], dat's [African-American-Vernacular-English], thass (english: dialect or representing slurred, drunken speech), thats [obsolete, pronoun]

Pronoun

IPA: /ðæts/, /ðəts/ [unstressed] Audio: en-us-that's.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -æts Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} that's
  1. (nonstandard, dialect, e.g. Black Country, Northern Ireland) whose, of which, in dialects that require a human antecedent for 'whose' Tags: Northern-Ireland, dialectal, nonstandard
    Sense id: en-that's-en-pron-U6jfogP3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: das [African-American-Vernacular-English], dat's [African-American-Vernacular-English], thass (english: dialect or representing slurred, drunken speech), thats [obsolete, pronoun]

Alternative forms

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