- the form of that used before a plural noun
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
those
(ᵺōz),USA pronunciation pron., adj.
- pl. of that.
- Middle English those, thoos, thas(e), variant of tho (Middle English, Old English thā), plural of that, by association with Middle English thees, thas(e) (Old English thās), plural of this 1300–50
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those /ðəʊz/ determiner
'those' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abreaction
- access
- acquaintance
- act
- affine
- agar
- alive
- alloy
- American Indian
- amphitheatre
- Anglo-Saxon
- antisense RNA
- antisepsis
- antler
- ape
- Argive
- aril
- arrangement
- articulator
- A shares
- auld lang syne
- avant-garde
- balneology
- band-pass filter
- barbicel
- Beardsley
- beatitude
- beyond
- Bible Belt
- bionics
- blind register
- bloodstock
- bludger
- bouncer
- bring-and-buy sale
- brown
- bunting
- Canopus
- casuistry
- cattle
- censor
- charity
- child abuse
- childminder
- chinaware
- Christian Era
- cobweb
- colloid
- commonalty
- abuttal