those

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ðəʊz/
• (US) enPR: thōz, IPA^(key): /ðoʊz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

Determiner

those

1. plural of that

   Those bolts go with these parts.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1:

     Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     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.

Synonyms

• them

Antonyms

• these

Translations

plural of that

• Azerbaijani: onlar (az)
• Bulgarian: ония (onija), онези (onezi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 嗰啲 (yue) (go² di¹)

  Hakka: 該兜／该兜 (ke-têu)

  Hokkien: 遐的 (zh-min-nan) (hiah-ê, hia-ê), 徊 (hoâi)

  Mandarin: 那些 (zh) (nàxiē)

  Teochew: 許撮／许撮, 许撮 (he² coh⁴)

• Classical Nahuatl: inihqueh on
• Czech: ty (cs), tamty
• Danish: de (da)
• Dutch: die (nl)
• Finnish: niitä (fi), noita (fi), nuo (fi), he (fi) (of people)
• French: ces (fr) pl
• Georgian: ისინი (isini)
• German: jene (de)
• Hopi: puma
• Hungarian: azok (hu)
• Ido: iti (io) pl, ti (io) pl
• Italian: quelle (it) f, quei m pl, quegli m pl
• Kannada: ಅವರು (kn) m or f (avaru), ಅವುಗಳು n (avugaḷu), ಅವು (kn) n (avu)
• Latin: illī m pl, illae f pl, illa n pl; istī (la) m pl, istae f pl, ista n pl
• Norwegian: de (no)
• Portuguese: aqueles (pt)
• Romanian: acei m pl, acele f pl, ăia m pl (informal), alea f pl (informal)
• Russian: те (ru) (te)
• Scots: thae
• Spanish: esos (es) m or n, esas (es) f, aquéllos, aquellas (es) f
• Swedish: de (sv), de där (sv), dom (sv) (informal), dom där (informal)
• Thai: เหล่านั้น (làonán)
• Turkish: o (tr), onlar (tr) pl
• Vietnamese: ấy (vi), kia (vi)
• Walloon: ces (wa) m or f (followed by adverb "la" after noun)
• Welsh: hynny, yna

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Pronoun

those

1. plural of that

   those who serve [those persons who serve]

   don't touch those [those objects over there]

Translations

plural of that

• French: ceux-là (fr) m, celles-là (fr) f
• Latin: illī m pl, illae f pl, illa n pl; istī (la) m pl, istae f pl, ista n pl
• Welsh: y rheina, y rheini, y rheiny

Derived terms

• all things come to those who wait
• God helps those who help themselves
• good things come to those who wait
• heaven helps those that help themselves
• heaven helps those who help themselves
• just one of those things
• one of those days
• one of those things
• the Lord helps those that help themselves
• the Lord helps those who help themselves
• there are none so blind as those who will not see
• there's none so blind as those who will not see
• those ones
• those people
• those that have get
• those that have get more
• those were the days
• those who have get
• those who have get more
• those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
• those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
• those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it
• to those it may concern
• with friends like those who needs enemies

 

Anagrams

• Theos, ethos, shote, sothe