What does “that” mean?
- 1
determinerused for a person or thing farther away or already mentioned
Who is that woman over there?
- 2
conjunctionused to introduce a clause after verbs like say or think
I think that you’re right.
- 3
pronounused to add information about a noun before it
This is the book that I told you about.
That at a glance
- Part of speech
- determiner, conjunction & pronoun
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /ðæt/ · THAT
- Forms
- those
How to use “that” correctly
“That” is often dropped after verbs: “I think you’re right” is fine.
Common phrases with “that”
- so that
- that’s right
- after that
“that” is on these word lists
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- a determinerA1used before a singular noun when you mean any one, or one not mentioned before
- another determinerA1one more of the same kind
- each determinerA1every one of two or more people or things, seen separately
- his determinerA1belonging to or connected with a man or boy already mentioned
- its determinerA1belonging to or connected with a thing or animal already mentioned
- my determinerA1belonging to or connected with the speaker
- our determinerA1belonging to or connected with the speaker and others
- the determinerA1used before a noun when the listener knows which one you mean