Pronunciations (3)
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/ðəʊ/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ðoʊ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ðə/
Pronunciation notes
- West-Country
Article
The (plural form); those.
Usage- West-Country
- Obsolete
Pronoun
Those; they.
Usage- Obsolete
Adverb
Then; thereupon.
Usage- dialectal
- not-comparable
- Examples
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More examples (1)
1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Foxː Tho went I near and found Master Reynard, that had left that he first read and sang, and began to play his old play.
Tho to a hill his faynting flocke he ledde.
Tho, her avizing of the vertues rare / Which thereof spoken were, she gan againe / Her to bethink of that mote to her selfe pertaine.
More examples (1)
1642, Henry More, Song Soulː Tho I gan closely on his person look.
Conjunction
When.
Usage- dialectal