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  • 81that — I [[t]ðæ̱t[/t]] DEMONSTRATIVE USES ♦ (Please look at category 20 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) PRON You use that to refer back to an idea or situation expressed in a previous sentence or… …

    English dictionary

  • 82that — 1 determiner plural those 1 used to talk about a person, thing, idea etc that has already been mentioned or that the person you are talking to knows about already: Who was that man I saw you with last night? | Those flowers that you gave me… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 83that*/*/*/ — UK [ðæt] / US adverb, conjunction, determiner, pronoun Summary: That can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun): Give me that hammer. as a demonstrative pronoun (without a following noun): Who gave you that? as a… …

    English dictionary

  • 84that*/*/*/ — [ðæt] grammar word summary: That can be: ■ a determiner: Give me that hammer. ■ a pronoun: Who gave you that? ■ a conjunction: I didn t know that she was married. ■ a relative pronoun: It s a song that my mother taught me. ■ an adverb: Three… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 85THAT — pron., adj., adv., & conj. demons.pron. (pl. those) 1 the person or thing indicated, named, or understood, esp. when observed by the speaker or when familiar to the person addressed (I heard that; who is that in the garden?; I knew all that… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 86That Hideous Strength — infobox Book | name = That Hideous Strength title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = C. S. Lewis illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Space Trilogy genre = Science fiction …

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  • 87that — [[t]ðæt[/t]] unstressed [[t]ðət[/t]] pron. and adj. pl. those; adv. ; conj. 1) fun (used to indicate a person or thing as pointed out or present, mentioned before, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis): That is her mother[/ex] 2) fun… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 88that — /ðæt / (say dhat), weak form /ðət / (say dhuht) pronoun (demonstrative) (plural those) 1. (used to indicate a person, thing, idea, etc., as pointed out or present, or as before mentioned or supposed to be understood, or as about to be mentioned,… …

  • 89reason [13] Reason, together with rational, — represent in English the ‘thinking’ aspects of the Latin verb rērī (it also meant ‘calculate’, and in that guise has given English rate, ration, etc). From it was derived the noun ratiō ‘thinking, calculation’ (source of English ratio and the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 90reason... —  is because is a common construction that almost always points to an overwritten sentence. Consider an example: The reason she spends less and less time in England these days is because her business interests keep her constantly on the move.… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors