those

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ðəʊz/
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/ðəʊz/ · /ðoʊz/(US) · [ðoːz]

Definition of those

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

det

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of that
    “Those bolts go with these parts.”
    “Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.”
    “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.”
    “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.”
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det

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of that
    “Those bolts go with these parts.”
    “Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.”
    “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.”
    “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.”

pron

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of that
    “those who serve [those persons who serve]”
    “don't touch those [those objects over there]”

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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.

Anagrams of those

4 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play ethos 8 points

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