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that
that PRONOUN & DETERMINER (pl. those) 1) used to identify a specific person or thing observed or heard by the speaker. 2) referring to the more distant of two things near to the speaker. 3) referring to a specific thing previously mentioned or known. 4) used in singling out someone or something with a particular feature. 5) (as pronoun ) (pl. that) used instead of which, who, when, etc. to introduce a defining clause.
ADVERB 1) to such a degree. 2) informal very: he wasn't that far away.
CONJUNCTION 1) introducing a subordinate clause. 2) literary expressing a wish or regret.
and all that (or and that) — Cf. ↑and that
like that — Cf. ↑like that
that is (or that is to say) — Cf. ↑that is to say
that said — Cf. ↑that said
that's that — Cf. ↑that's that
ORIGIN Old English, related to THE(Cf. ↑the).

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