those

A1
Pronunciation
/ðəʊz/
/ðoʊz/
Pronoun
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

(demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.

Example Sentences
  • He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
2 Definition

The known (thing); used to refer to something just said.

Example Sentences
  • They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
3 Definition

(demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.

Example Sentences
  • The water is so cold! — That it is.
4 Definition

(relative) (plural that) Which, who; representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.

Example Sentences
  • The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
5 Definition

Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.

Example Sentences
  • the last time that [= when] I went to Europe