"those" meaning in English

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Determiner

IPA: /ðəʊz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ðoʊz/ [US] Audio: en-us-those.ogg [US]
enPR: ''th''ōz Rhymes: -əʊz 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thos||those}} Middle English thos (“those”), {{m|enm|tho||the; those|g=p}} tho pl (“the; those”), {{suffix|en|tho|s|nocat=1|pos2=plural ending|t1=the; those}} tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), {{m|enm|thes||these}} thes (“these”), {{l|en|tho}} tho Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=}} those, {{en-det}} those
  1. plural of that Tags: form-of, plural Form of: that Synonyms: them Translations (plural of that): onlar (Azerbaijani), ония (onija) (Bulgarian), онези (onezi) (Bulgarian), 遐的 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (hoâi) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 嗰啲 (english: go² di¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 那些 (nàxiē) (Chinese Mandarin), inihqueh on (Classical Nahuatl), ty (Czech), tamty (Czech), de (Danish), die (Dutch), niitä (Finnish), noita (Finnish), ces (French), celles-là [feminine] (French), ceux-là [masculine] (French), ისინი (isini) (Georgian), jene (German), 該兜 (Hakka Chinese), 该兜 (ke-têu) (Hakka Chinese), puma (Hopi), azok (Hungarian), iti [plural] (Ido), ti [plural] (Ido), quelle [feminine] (Italian), quei [masculine, plural] (Italian), quegli [masculine, plural] (Italian), ಅವರು (avaru) [feminine, masculine] (Kannada), ಅವುಗಳು (avugaḷu) [neuter] (Kannada), ಅವು (avu) [neuter] (Kannada), de (Norwegian), aqueles (Portuguese), acei [masculine, plural] (Romanian), acele [feminine, plural] (Romanian), ăia [informal, masculine, plural] (Romanian), alea [feminine, informal, plural] (Romanian), те (te) (Russian), thae (Scots), esos [masculine, neuter] (Spanish), esas [feminine] (Spanish), aquéllos (Spanish), aquellas [feminine] (Spanish), de (Swedish), de där (Swedish), dom [informal] (Swedish), dom där [informal] (Swedish), 許撮 (Teochew), 许撮 (Teochew), 许撮 (he² coh⁴) (Teochew), เหล่านั้น (làonán) (Thai), ấy (Vietnamese), kia (Vietnamese), ces (note: followed by adverb "la" after noun) [feminine, masculine] (Walloon), hynny (Welsh), yna (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-those-en-det-BRfN1tAf Categories (other): English miscellaneous irregular plurals

Pronoun

IPA: /ðəʊz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ðoʊz/ [US] Audio: en-us-those.ogg [US]
enPR: ''th''ōz Rhymes: -əʊz 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thos||those}} Middle English thos (“those”), {{m|enm|tho||the; those|g=p}} tho pl (“the; those”), {{suffix|en|tho|s|nocat=1|pos2=plural ending|t1=the; those}} tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), {{m|enm|thes||these}} thes (“these”), {{l|en|tho}} tho Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} those, {{en-pron}} those
  1. plural of that Tags: form-of, plural Form of: that Translations (plural of that): y rheina (Welsh), y rheini (Welsh), y rheiny (Welsh)

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Those bolts go with these parts.",
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          "word": "徊"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "許撮"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "sco",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "aquéllos"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "làonán",
          "sense": "plural of that",
          "word": "เหล่านั้น"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "plural of that",
          "word": "ấy"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "plural of that",
          "word": "kia"
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          "code": "wa",
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          "word": "all things come to those who wait"
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          "word": "God helps those who help themselves"
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          "word": "those who live in glass houses should not throw stones"
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          "word": "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"
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          "word": "those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it"
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          "word": "to those it may concern"
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          "word": "with friends like those who needs enemies"
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      "code": "nan-tws",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "word": "die"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "ისინი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "hop",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "kn",
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plural of that",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "plural of that",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "те"
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      "code": "sco",
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      "sense": "plural of that",
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "plural of that",
      "word": "de där"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "plural of that",
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      "word": "dom"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "plural of that",
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      "word": "dom där"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "làonán",
      "sense": "plural of that",
      "word": "เหล่านั้น"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plural of that",
      "word": "ấy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plural of that",
      "word": "kia"
    },
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
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    {
      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "plural of that",
      "word": "hynny"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "plural of that",
      "word": "yna"
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      "word": "all things come to those who wait"
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    {
      "word": "God helps those who help themselves"
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      "word": "good things come to those who wait"
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    {
      "word": "heaven helps those that help themselves"
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      "word": "heaven helps those who help themselves"
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      "word": "just one of those things"
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      "word": "one of those days"
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      "word": "one of those things"
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      "word": "the Lord helps those that help themselves"
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      "word": "the Lord helps those who help themselves"
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      "word": "there are none so blind as those who will not see"
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    {
      "word": "those were the days"
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      "word": "those who have get more"
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      "word": "those who live in glass houses should not throw stones"
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    {
      "word": "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"
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    {
      "word": "those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "code": "cy",
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