Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

those

/ðoʊz/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.90 in modern English

Syllables: those
IPA: /ðoʊz/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

det

plural of that

pron

plural of that

Example Sentences

"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."
"those who serve [those persons who serve]"
"don't touch those [those objects over there]"

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: thos
Suffix: tho

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ðoʊz/
British English: /ðəʊz/

Derived Forms

thoseness

Phrases

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

Synonyms

them

Antonyms

these

Rhymes With

shows goes knows rose suppose chose nose grows flows pose throws blows

Questions

How do you pronounce those?: The recorded pronunciation is /ðoʊz/.
What does those mean?: plural of that
Where does those come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce those

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