that's

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/ðəts/

contraction 4det 1

Collocations

ADJ.

absolute, all, good, nice, old, plain, possible, right

VERB + THAT'S

asking, faking, lying-, market, put, saying, sleep, thanks

THAT'S + NOUN

anyone, fault, i've, idea, leg, people, problem, she's

PREP.

about, in, off, on, with

ADV.

always

Definitions

contraction

That is.

That's the book I've been looking for.

Collingwood are saying that's Stephenson's 10th game.

That has.

I've managed to find the solution to the problem that's been bugging me all day.

That was.

That does.

det

whose, of which (in dialects that require a human antecedent for 'whose')

He had in his pocket an old flick-knife that's spring was slow and temperamental.

"[…] we want them to bring a product to market that's time had not yet come," said Ray Farhung, a Southern California Edison official.

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Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

that's the way the cookie crumbles

That is the way things happen; that's life.

Are you up to par with the hep talk that is going around schools like Norwood High? […] While standing by the H2o spurt (water fountain) we overheard the following conversation bet

that's the way the ball bounces

That is the way things happen

that's the way life is

That is the way things happen.

Near-synonyms: it is what it is, shit happens

that's the way the mop flops

That is the way things happen.

that's that

There is nothing more to say or to do concerning the matter and is not up for discussion or debate.

It is quite simple. You're grounded for a week and that's that!

Example Bank

That's the book I've been looking for.

Wiktionary

Collingwood are saying that's Stephenson's 10th game.

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I've managed to find the solution to the problem that's been bugging me all day.

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He had in his pocket an old flick-knife that's spring was slow and temperamental.

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"[…] we want them to bring a product to market that's time had not yet come," said Ray Farhung, a Southern California Edison official.

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1995, Aimo Seppänen & Göran Kjellmer. The dog that's leg was run over: On the genitive of the relative pronoun. English Studies 76, 389–400.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, that's is marked as US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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