those

A1
US /ðoʊz/ UK /ðəʊz/
det pron Freq #165

Meanings

  1. 1
    det

    plural of that

    Those bolts go with these parts.

  2. 2
    pron

    plural of that

    those who serve [those persons who serve]

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.

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1 det · plural of that them
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