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tho

/ðəʊ/US/ðoʊ/

tho article: the (plural form); those. Also the nonstandard spelling of though.

Article

tho

  1. (West-Country, obsolete) The (plural form); those.

Pronoun

tho

  1. (obsolete) Those; they.

Adverb

tho (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) Then; thereupon.
    • Tho went I near and found Master Reynard, that had left that he first read and sang, and began to play his old play.1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Foxː
    • Tho to a hill his faynting flocke he ledde.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Ianuarye. Ægloga Prima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Conjunction

tho

  1. (dialectal) When.

Noun capitalized: THO

THO (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of tritiated water (“³H-¹H-O, tritium-protium water”)

Also used as

tho is also the nonstandard spelling of though.

tho meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

tho in Hindi

थो

tho in Marathi

थो

tho in Urdu

تھو

tho in Bengali

থো
More languagesFewer languages
tho in Telugu
థో
tho in Malayalam
തോ
tho in Kannada
ಥೊ, ಥೋ
tho in Punjabi
ਥੋ, ਥੋਓ
tho in Gujarati
થો
tho in Odia
ଥୋ
tho in Nepali
थो

Examples of tho in a sentence

  • I do plan to get back to it in the future tho.
  • It goes downhill in Trespassers tho, where Dorianmance was an afterthought compared to Adoribull.
  • Hmm, it's not as really gross-out tho, it is Friendsy if you ask me ..

All 13 example sentences with tho

Origin of tho

From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“the, those”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *þai, from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian do (“the”, plural). Doublet of they.

From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“then, when”), from Proto-Germanic *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). See also German da (“then, thereupon”).

Simplified reform spelling. Popular in American English in the earlier 20th century. Like thru, it failed to establish itself fully, but remains in informal contexts or where brevity is needed. Compare tho'.

Phrases with tho

Words that rhyme with tho

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Questions about tho

What does tho mean?
Tho means the (plural form); those.
What is tho in Hindi?
Tho in Hindi is थो. See Tho meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tho?
Tho can be an article, a pronoun, an adverb or a conjunction.
How do you pronounce tho?
Tho is pronounced /ðəʊ/ (UK).

Words near tho in the dictionary

  1. thnetopsychism
  2. thnetopsychist
  3. thnetopsychists
  4. thnk
  5. thnx
  6. tho
  7. tho'
  8. tho't
  9. tho'ts
  10. Tho.
  11. thoa

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tho (page history and authors); THO (page history and authors); tho (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tho (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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