Meaning of that | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
   demonstrative
2. that (over there; implying some distance)
3. Used to refer to a noun phrase or statement just made.
   demonstrative
4. alternative spelling of aquél
5. Used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.
   demonstrative
6. In a relative clause, referring to a previously mentioned noun, as subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition; which, who.
   relative
7. Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.
   colloquial, relative

Equivalents

Examples

“That's my car over there.”

“He went home, and after that I never saw him again.”

“‘Who's that?’ ‘It’s me.’.”

“To be, or not to be, that is the queſtion, / Whether tis nobler in the minde to ſuffer / The ſlings and arrowes of outragious fortune, / Or to take Armes againſt a ſea of troubles, / And by oppoſing, end them, […]”

“[A] second man—[…]—was qualified and fitted, both intellectually and morally,—and that to an exceptional extent—to be the Head […]”

“"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."”

“However[…], the British were unable to do much about it short of going to war with St Petersburg, and that the government was unwilling to do.”

“I've never seen someone beaten unconscious before. That’s lesbians for you.”

“"She is very honourable," said Mrs. Thompson, solemnly. "Yes, one sees she is that, and so simple-minded."”

“They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?”

“They gave me the book about whales. That I've not yet read.”

“She asked me to lend him my tools. That I couldn't do.”

“I got fed up, and that to a great degree.”

“The water is so cold! — That it is.”

“Would you like another piece of cake? — That I would!”

“We think that you stole the tarts. — That I did not!”

“I didn't see the car that hit me.”

“The CPR course that she took really came in handy.”

“The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.”

“This is the person that swore at me. (sometimes proscribed)”

“The poor cat, that had been trapped for three days, was freed this morning. (non-restrictive use; sometimes proscribed; see usage notes)”

“By heauen ile make a ghoſt of him that lets me, […]”

“His [Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s] ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.”

“Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.”

“the place that [= where or to which] I went last year”

“the last time that [= when] I went to Europe”

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