that
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: thăt
ipa: /ˈðæt/
ipa: [ˈðat]
ipa: [ˈd̪aʔ]
ipa: /ˈðɛt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd̪ʱaʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd̪ʱəʈ/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [ˈdäʔ]
note: Local Dublin
ipa: [ˈdä]
rhymes: -æt
enpr: thət
ipa: /ðət/
Forms: form: those
form: 'at
form: 't
form: dat
form: thet
form: yt
form: yᵗ
form: yͭ
form: yt.
Etymology: From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *þat, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate to Scots that, Saterland Frisian dät, West Frisian dat, Dutch dat, Low German dat and datt, German dass and das, Danish det, Swedish det, Icelandic það, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þata). Further from Proto-Indo-European *tód; compare Ancient Greek τό (tó), Sanskrit तद् (tád), Waigali ta, Lithuanian tai̇̃, Polish to.
Senses: examples: text: That's my car over there.
text: He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
text: ‘Who's that?’ ‘It’s me.’.
text: To be, or not to be, that is the queſtion, / Whether tis nobler in the minde to ſuffer / The ſlings and arrowes of outragious fortune, / Or to take Armes againſt a ſea of troubles, / And by oppoſing, end them, […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], signature G2, recto:
text: [A] second man—[…]—was qualified and fitted, both intellectually and morally,—and that to an exceptional extent—to be the Head […]
ref: 1888 July, The Original Secession Magazine, page 766:
text: "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."
ref: 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “In the Bay of Biscay”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC, page 16:
text: However[…], the British were unable to do much about it short of going to war with St Petersburg, and that the government was unwilling to do.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 310:
text: I've never seen someone beaten unconscious before. That’s lesbians for you.
ref: 2005, Joey Comeau, Lockpick Pornography (Loose Teeth Press)
text: "She is very honourable," said Mrs. Thompson, solemnly. "Yes, one sees she is that, and so simple-minded."
ref: 1910, Helen Granville-Barker, An Apprentice to Truth, page 214:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
text: They gave me the book about whales. That I've not yet read.
text: She asked me to lend him my tools. That I couldn't do.
text: I got fed up, and that to a great degree.
glosses: 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.
Used to refer to a noun phrase or statement just made.
examples: text: The water is so cold! — That it is.
text: Would you like another piece of cake? — That I would!
text: We think that you stole the tarts. — That I did not!
glosses: 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.
Used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.
examples: text: I didn't see the car that hit me.
text: The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
text: The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
text: This is the person that swore at me. (sometimes proscribed)
text: The poor cat, that had been trapped for three days, was freed this morning. (non-restrictive use; sometimes proscribed; see usage notes)
text: By heauen ile make a ghoſt of him that lets me, […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], signature C3, verso:
text: His [Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s] ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.
ref: 2011 November 11, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2011:
text: Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
ref: 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist (Science and technology section), volume 408, number 8845, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2013:
qualifier: plural that
glosses: In a relative clause, referring to a previously mentioned noun, as subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition; which, who.
examples: text: the place that [= where or to which] I went last year
text: the last time that [= when] I went to Europe
glosses: Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.
Derived terms: ain't that the truth
all's fish that comes to the net
all that
and that
and that's final
and that's flat
at that
being that
be that as it may
come to that
copy that
don't be that guy
don't cut yourself on that edge
don't give me that
don't that beat all
do someone like that
failing that
fancy that
follow that
for that
that time on
funny that
having said that
how about that
how do you like that
how's that
how's that again
how's that for
I don't know about that
if that
if that doesn't beat all
if that don't beat all
I know that's right
I like that
I'll drink to that
imagine that
in the hope that
is that so
is that the time
is that what the kids are calling it these days
I've never heard it called that before
just like that
keep telling yourself that
leave it at that
like that
not that
not want to do that
now that's what I call
on that score
on top of that
please say that again
put that in your pipe and smoke it
roger that
scratch that
seeing that
something like that
stick that in your pipe and smoke it
such that
suck on that
take that
take your change out of that
that accounts for the milk in the coconut
that ain't it
that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee
that being said
that does it
that figures
that is
that is it
that is something
that is to say
that's a girl
that's a good one
that said
that's a laugh
that's all
that's all she wrote
that's a relief
that's as may be
that's a wrap
that's done it
that's flat
that's for me to know and you to find out
that's how the cookie crumbles
that's it
that's just me
that's life
that's my
that's news to me
that's right
that's saying something
that's something
that's that
that's that on that
that's the bunny
that's the spirit
that's the stuff
that's the thing
that's the ticket
that's the ticket for soup
that's the tip
that's the way it goes
that's the way life is
that's the way the ball bounces
that's the way the cookie crumbles
that's the way the mop flops
that's torn it
that's wassup
that's what I call
that's what I'm talking about
that's what she said
that's what's up
that's why
that's your lot
that's your sort
that tears it
that there
that was it
that was then, this is now
that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger
that which has been seen cannot be unseen
there's more where that came from
this and that
true that
what is that
what's that
what was that
you can say that again
you get that
you kiss your father with that mouth
you kiss your grandfather with that mouth