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Definitions

determiner

  1. 1.

    (determiner/pronoun) Used to identify a specific person or thing at a distance.

  2. 2.

    (pronoun) Used to introduce a defining clause.

  3. 3.

    (conjunction) Used to introduce a clause as subject or object.

  4. 4.

    (conjunction) Introducing a result or consequence.

  5. 5.

    (adverb) To such a degree; so.

Forms

plural: those

Related words

Antonyms: this
See also: this, those, which
Synonyms: which, who

Etymology

From Old English "thaet," the neuter form of the demonstrative pronoun/article, from Proto-Germanic "*that." It has served multiple grammatical functions throughout the history of English, as a demonstrative, relative pronoun, and conjunction.