that
/ðət/ pronoun A1- The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. · That's my car over there.· He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
- Used to refer to a noun phrase or statement just made. · They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?· They gave me the book about whales. That I've not yet read.
- Used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question. · The water is so cold! — That it is.· Would you like another piece of cake? — That I would!
- In a relative clause, referring to a previously mentioned noun, as subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition; which, who. · I didn't see the car that hit me.· The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
- Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted. · the place that [= where or to which] I went last year· the last time that [= when] I went to Europe
Plural those
From the library
“That’s all right, Edmond.
There’s a providence that watches over the deserving.
“That is according to the sense you attach to the question, sir.
If you mean as responsible agent when you ask me the question, I believe there is nothing to say against him, and that you will be content with the way in which he has performed his duty.”
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