The meaning of That
That – definition
pronounExpressing strong agreement with a description just given.
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‘he's a fussy man.’ ‘he is that.’pronounUsed instead of ‘which’, ‘who’, ‘whom’, or ‘when’ to introduce a defining clause, especially one essential to identification.
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The woman that owns the place
determinerUsed to identify a specific person or thing observed or heard by the speaker.
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That's his wife over theredeterminerReferring to a specific thing previously mentioned, known, or understood.
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That's a good ideadeterminerUsed in singling out someone or something and ascribing a distinctive feature to them.
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It is part of human nature to be attracted to that which is aesthetically pleasingdeterminerReferring to a specific person or thing assumed as understood or familiar to the person being addressed.
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Where is that son of yours?
adverbTo such a degree; so.
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I wouldn't go that far
conjunctionIntroducing a subordinate clause expressing a statement or hypothesis.
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She said that she was satisfiedconjunctionExpressing a wish or regret.
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Oh that he could be restored to health
pronounUsed to refer to a person, object, event, etc., separated from the speaker by distance or time, or to something that has been referred to before, or to point to a particular thing
Usage examples:
This peach isn’t ripe – can i have that one (= the one farther away) on the table?, put that box (=…
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Word origin
Old English thæt, nominative and accusative singular neuter of se ‘the’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dat and German das .
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