/ðəʊz/, /ðoʊz/, [ðoːz]
OriginFrom 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.
- form-of, pluralplural 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 attra”
- form-of, pluralplural of that
“those who serve [those persons who serve]”
“don't touch those [those objects over there]”