see|That
English

rank|to|in|I|7|that|was|he|his

Etymology
wikipedia
OE. þæt (neuter relative pronoun, definite article).

Pronunciation
enPR|th�t, IPA|/ðæt/, SAMPA|/D{t/
audio|en-us-that.ogg|Audio (US)
*rhymes|æt

Conjunction
en-conj

1. Connecting clauses involving reported speech etc.

#:He told me that the book is a good read.

Bosnian: t-|bs|da
Bulgarian: �е (�e)
Czech: t+|cs|že
Danish: t+|da|at
Dutch: dat n sg, die m/f/(n pl)
Esperanto: t-|eo|ke|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|et
Faroese: t-|fo|at|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|että
French: t+|fr|que
Greek: t+|el|��ι|scGrek, t+|el|���|scGrek
German: dass (new spelling), da� (old spelling)
Hebrew: ...ש (še...)
Hungarian: t+|hu|hogy
Icelandic: t+|is|að
Ido: ke
Indonesian: bahwa
Interlingua: que
Italian: t+|it|che
trans-mid
Japanese: (not used)
Maltese: t-|mt|li|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: t-|no|at
Novial: ke
Old English: t+|ang|þæt|xs=Old English
Persian: FAchar|��|��� (ke)
Polish: t+|pl|że
Portuguese: t+|pt|que
Romanian: t-|ro|c�
Russian: ��о (što)
Scottish Gaelic: gun#Scottish Gaelic|gun
Serbian:
:* Cyrillic: да
:* Roman: da
Slovak: t-|sk|že
Slovene: t+|sl|da
Sindhi: SDchar|ت��
Spanish: t+|es|que
Swedish: t+|sv|att
Telugu: t|te|�ది|sc=Telu
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Usage notes
That as a conjunction is often unused — "He told me that it is a good read." could just as easily be "He told me it is a good read."

Adjective
infl|en|adjective|plural|those

1. context|demonstrative The (thing) being indicated (at a distance from the speaker, or previously mentioned, or at another time).

#:That book is a good read.
#:That battle was in 1450.

See also
here
there
this
what
yon
yonder

Translations
trans-top|what is being indicated
Arabic: ARchar|ذ��|ذٰ���� unicode|(ðá�lika) m, ARchar|ذا�|ذ�ا�� unicode|(ðá�ka) m; ARchar|ت��|ت����� unicode|(tílka) / ARchar|تا�|ت�ا�� unicode|(tá�ka) f|s (nonhuman pl); ARchar|ذا��|ذ�ا���� unicode|(ðá�nika) m dual, ARchar|تا��|ت�ا���� unicode|(tá�nika) f dual; ARchar|ا��ائ�|أ��ا�ئ��� unicode|(�ulá��ika) (human pl)
Egyptian, Arabic: ARchar|د��ا dukha m, ARchar|د��ا dikha f, ARchar|د��� dukhum p
Bosnian:

• taj m, ti m|p, ta f sg and n pl, te f|p, to n
• takav m sg, takvi m p, takva f sg and n pl, takve f p, takvo n sg

Bulgarian:

• онзи / онази / онова / онези (onzi/onazi/onova/onezi) m/f/n/pl;
• онÑ� / онаÑ� / онÑ�й / ониÑ� (onja/onaja/onuj/onija) m/f/n/pl

Czech: tamten m, tamta f, tamto n
Dutch: dat n, die m/f/p
Esperanto: t-|eo|tiu|xs=Esperanto
Faroese: hasin m, handa/handan f, hatta n
Finnish: tuo, se s; nuo, ne p
French: t+|fr|ça, t+|fr|cela
German: t+|de|dieser|m, t+|de|diese|f, t+|de|dieses|n, t+|de|diese|p
Greek: εκείνο� m, εκείνη f, εκείνο n, εκοίνοι p, εκείνε� f|p, εκείνα n|p
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: t+|hu|az|s, t+|hu|azok|p
Indonesian: t+|id|itu|xs=Indonesian
Irish: an#Irish|an...sin#Irish|sin
Interlingua: ille
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|quello|m, t+|it|quella|f
Japanese: �� (sonó), �� (anó)
Maltese: t-|mt|dak|m|xsMaltese, t-|mt|dik|f|xsMaltese, t-|mt|dawk|p|xs=Maltese
Manchu: (tere)
Novial: ti
Old Church Slavonic: он� (onŭ)
Old English: t+|ang|se|xsOld English, t-|ang|seo|alts�o|xsOld English, t+|ang|þæt|xsOld English
Persian: FAchar|آ� (�n)
Polish: tamten / tamta / tamto m/f/n
Portuguese: esse m, essa f, esses p, essas f/pl (near); aquele m, aquela f, aqueles p, aquelas f/pl (far)
Romanian: acela, �la, cela m; aceea, aia, ceea f
Russian: �о� (tot) m
Scottish Gaelic: sin#Scottish Gaelic|sin, siud
Serbian:
:* Cyrillic:
: �а� m, �и m|p, �а f sg and n pl, �е f|p, �о n
: �акво m sg, �акви m p, �аква f sg and n pl, �акве f p, �акво n sg
:* Roman:
: taj m, ti m|p, ta f sg and n pl, te f|p, to n sg
: takav m, takvi m|p, takva f sg and n pl, takve f p, takvo n sg
Sindhi: SDchar|ا��� m, SDchar|ا��ا f
Slovak: ten / tá / to m/f/n, tamten / tamtá / tamto m/f/n distant (lit., that there)
Slovene: tisto n, tista f, tisti m
Spanish: ese m, esa f, esos p, esas f/pl, eso n (near); aquel m, aquella f, aquellos p, aquellas f/pl, aquello n, (far)
Swedish: den c, den där c, det n, det där n
Telugu: à°� (aa)
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Pronoun
en-pron|desc=demonstrative|plural|those

1. That thing.

#: That was an interesting example.

Antonyms
here
there
this
yon
yonder

Swedish: den c, denna c, den där c, det n, detta n, det där n
Telugu: �ది (adi)
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Pronoun
en-pron|desc=relative

1. which|Which.

#: I like the song that you wrote.
#: In this sense, that is prescriptively used in restrictive contexts only. For non-restrictive contexts (e.g., I like the last song on the album, which John wrote.), which is preferred.

See also
which

Czech: t+|cs|jenž, t+|cs|který
Chinese: � (nà), �个 (nàgè)
Danish: t+|da|som
Dutch: t+|nl|dat
Esperanto: t+|eo|kiu|xs=Esperanto
Faroese: t-|fo|ið|xsFaroese, t-|fo|sum|xsFaroese
Finnish: t+|fi|joka, t+|fi|mikä
French: t+|fr|que
Greek: �ο� (pou)
German: den, die, das, die (m/f/n/pl resp.)
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: ami, amelyik (the later means: 'which' )
Indonesian: t-|id|yang|xs=Indonesian
trans-mid
Interlingua: que
Italian: t+|it|che
Japanese: (not used)
Novial: kel
Old English: t-|ang|þe|xs=Old English
Persian: FAchar|��|��� (ke)
Portuguese: t+|pt|que
Romanian: pe care
Russian: ко�о��й / ко�о�а� / ко�о�ое / ко�о��е (kotóryj/kotóraja/kotóroje/kotóryje) m/f/n/pl, ��о (što)
Serbian:
:* Cyrillic: ко�и m sg, ко�� f sg, ко�а n pl, ко�е m pl, f pl, and n sg
:* Roman: koji m sg, koju f sg, koja n pl, koje m pl, f pl, and n sg
Sindhi: SDchar|ج�ڪ� m, SDchar|ج�ڪا f
Slovak: ktorý / ktorá / ktoré m/f/n, �o
Slovene: t+|sl|ki
Spanish: t+|es|que
Swedish: t+|sv|som, t-|sv|vilken
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Category:100 English basic words
Category:English determiners
Category:English subordinators

ang:that
ar:that
et:that
es:that
fa:that
fr:that
ko:that
io:that
it:that
kk:that
ku:that
la:that
hu:that
ja:that
pa:that
pl:that
pt:that
ru:that
simple:that
sd:that
fi:that
ta:that
te:that
tr:that
zh:that

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