that

/ðæt/ pronoun

Definition

A1 used to mean something that has already been talked about or seen: That looks heavy.

A1 used to mean something that is not near you: What’s that in the corner?

A2 used to make a connection with an earlier statement: My train was cancelled. That’s why I’m late.

that’s it › used to say that something is correct: You need to push the two pieces together. That’s it.

(Definition of that pronoun from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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