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th'

/ð/

th' is the contraction of the.

th' is the contraction of thou.

th' is the contraction of there.

Meaning of the

Article

the

  1. ...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter.
    • I’m reading the book Mary reviewed. (Compare I’m reading a book Mary reviewed.)
  2. Used before a noun designating something considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
    • No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
  3. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
    • No one in the whole country had seen it before.
  4. Used before a body part, a family member, a pet (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
    • A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
  5. (colloquial) Precedes a familiar nickname or other term of address.
    • How's the Sal today?
  6. Used in many idiomatic expressions and proverbs to refer to common objects, roles, or situations connected with something definite, in the manner of an analogy.
    • square the circle; feel the pinch; beat around the bush; throw the baby out with the bathwater

See all 18 meanings of the

Meaning of thou

Verb

thou (third-person singular simple present thous, present participle thouing, simple past and past participle thoued)

  1. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity.
    • Don’t thou them as thous thee! – a Yorkshire English admonition to overly familiar children
    Synonyms:
    thee
    Antonyms:
    you
  2. (intransitive) To use the word thou.
    • The hardcore role-players will wake up one day feeling, like a dead weight on their chest, the strain of endless texting in Renaissance Faire English—yet dutifully go on theeing and thouing all the same.2006, Julian Dibbell, chapter 5, in Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot, New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    thee
    Antonyms:
    you

See all 4 meanings of thou

Words formed from th'

Questions about th'

What is th' the contraction of?
Th' is the contraction of the.
How do you pronounce th'?
Th' is pronounced /ð/.

Words near th' in the dictionary

  1. TGTF
  2. tgts
  3. TGV
  4. TGVs
  5. th
  6. th'
  7. th'are
  8. th'art
  9. th'other
  10. TH's
  11. th-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: th' (page history and authors); the (page history and authors); thou (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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