CEFR A1

those

determiner, pronoun

Meaning

Used to refer to people or things that are farther away from the speaker or that were mentioned earlier.

Examples

Those are my keys on the table.
I prefer those shoes to these ones.

Synonyms: such, the aforementioned

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those (A1)

determiner, pronoun

Pronunciation: /ðəʊz/

Definition

Used to refer to people or things that are farther away from the speaker or that were mentioned earlier.

Examples

Those are my keys on the table.
I prefer those shoes to these ones.

How to Use those

those of (prepositional phrase): Used to refer to a group of people or things previously mentioned, often in comparison to another group. — "My results were better than those of my colleagues."

Synonyms of those

Words with a similar meaning to those:

Antonyms of those

Words with the opposite meaning to those:

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