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1thatDefinition of that
pronoun \ˈthat, thət\
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plural those play\ˈthōz\
- 1a : the person, thing, or idea indicated, mentioned, or understood from the situation <thatis my father>b : the time, action, or event specified <after that I went to bed>c : the kind or thing specified as follows <the purest water is that produced by distillation>d : one or a group of the indicated kind <that's a cat — quick and agile>
- 2a : the one farther away or less immediately under observation or discussion <those are maples and these are elms>b : the former one
- 3a —used as a function word after and to indicate emphatic repetition of the idea expressed by a previous word or phrase <he was helpful, and that to an unusual degree>b —used as a function word immediately before or after a word group consisting of a verbal auxiliary or a form of the verb be preceded by there or a personal pronoun subject to indicate emphatic repetition of the idea expressed by a previous verb or predicate noun or predicate adjective <is she capable? She is that>
- 4a : the one : the thing : the kind : something, anything <the truth of that which is true> <the senses are that whereby we experience the world> <what's that you say>b plural : some persons <those who think the time has come>