Meanings
this1
determinerthis (plural these)
plural these
- The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
This classroom is where I learned to read and write.
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Right, boys, as much fun as this night has been, this girl is tired, so I'm gonna hit the hay.
2017, Samantha Towle, Breaking Hollywood, London: Headline Eternal, →ISBN, page 205"As far as I can tell, there's been no journalistic interest in these basic issues of why Wikipedia editors make the decisions they do, and how they give effect to them, despite the fact the announcement of the ban was basically worldwide news," wrote Reddit user ronsmith7. Well, ronsmith7, today is your lucky day because this journalist is interested in those issues.
2021 July 1, Stephen Harrison, “Wikipedia's War on the Daily Mail”, in Slate, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2023- colloquialReferring to oneself.
Hey, you know what's got two thumbs and really likes brownies? This guy!
1999, “Garage Sale”, in That '70s Show, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Michael Kelso (Ashton Kutcher)2 more examples
I am no longer your little naïve toy. I am a woman. All woman. And this woman is tired of your crap.
2005, Anita Foster Lovely, Betrayals, Philadelphia, P.A.: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 165"You'll find another way. This girl is done." Hayden let his gun fall to the ground. "You can shoot me if you want. It's your call."
2010, Stephen Jay Schwartz, Beat, New York, N.Y.: Forge Books, →ISBN, page 333
- The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much.
- The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “[…]”
- informalA known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
There's just this nervous mannerism that Bob has with his hands, and it drives me crazy.
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I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible!
- Designates the current or next instance.
It's cold this morning.
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I plan to go to London this Friday.
Earlier this month [Tim] Godwin had to make a public apology to the family of Daniel Morgan after the collapse of a £30m inquiry into his murder in 1987.
2011 April 18, Sandra Laville, “Paul Stephenson returns to desk at Metropolitan police”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2023
adverbthis (not comparable)
- not comparableTo the degree or extent indicated.
I need this much water.
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Do we need this many recommendations?
We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
I couldn't garage this big a car; show me something smaller.
pronounthis (plural these)
plural these
- The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
This isn't the item that I ordered.
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This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars[…]
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]
interjection
This2
proper noun
- pluralplural of Thi
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionIndicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*só
- Proto-Germanic*sa, *þas
- Proto-Germanic*þassi
- Proto-West Germanic*þassi
- Old Englishþes
- Middle Englishþis
- Englishthis
From Middle English þis, this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from the North Sea Germanic base *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix *-s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”). Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans dit
- ditthe (thing) here
Ancient Greek ὅδε, ἥδε
- ὅδε (hóde)known (thing) about to be mentioned
- ἥδε (hḗde)known (thing) about to be mentioned
- τόδε (tóde)known (thing) about to be mentioned
- οὗτος (hoûtos)the (thing) here
- αὕτη (haútē)the (thing) here
- τοῦτο (toûto)the (thing) here
- ὅδε (hóde)the (thing) here
- ἥδε (hḗde)the (thing) here
- τόδε (tóde)the (thing) here
- οὗτος (hoûtos)known (thing) just mentioned
- αὕτη (haútē)known (thing) just mentioned
- τοῦτο (toûto)known (thing) just mentioned
- οὗτος (hoûtos)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- αὕτη (haútē)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- τοῦτο (toûto)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Arabic هَٰذَا, هَٰذِهِ
- هَٰذَا (hāḏā)known (thing) about to be mentioned
- هَٰذِهِ (hāḏihi)known (thing) about to be mentioned
- هَٰذَا (hāḏā)which is current
- هَٰذِهِ (hāḏihi)which is current
- هٰذَا (hāḏā)the (thing) here
- هٰذِهِ (hāḏihi)the (thing) here
- هٰذَانِ (hāḏāni)the (thing) here
- هَاتَانِ (hātāni)the (thing) here
- هٰؤُلَاءِ (hāʔulāʔi)the (thing) here
- ده (da)the (thing) here
- دي (di)the (thing) here
- دول (dūl)the (thing) here
- هٰذَا (hāḏā)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- هٰذِهِ (hāḏihi)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- هٰذِي (hāḏī)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- هٰذَانِ (hāḏāni)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- هٰتَانِ (hātāni)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- هٰؤُلَاءِ (hāʔulāʔi)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- ده (da)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- دي (di)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- دول (dūl)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- هدا (hāda)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- هدي (hādi)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- هدو (hādu)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Basque hau
- hauthe (thing) here
Bengali এই, এইটা
- এই (ei)the (thing) here
- এইটা (eiṭa)the (thing) here
- এটা (eṭa)the (thing) here
- এইটি (eiṭi)the (thing) here
- এটি (eṭi)the (thing) here
- এইটা (eiṭa)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- এটা (eṭa)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- এইটি (eiṭi)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- এটি (eṭi)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Bulgarian то́зи, та́зи
- то́зи (tózi)the (thing) here
- та́зи (tázi)the (thing) here
- това́ (tová)the (thing) here
- те́зи (tézi)the (thing) here
- е́то (éto)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- това (tova)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Catalan aquest, aquesta
- aquestthe (thing) here
- aquestathe (thing) here
- estthe (thing) here
- estethe (thing) here
- tanto the degree or extent indicated
- aixòthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- aquestthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- aquestathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- açòthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Chinese җы, җы
- җы (žɨ)the (thing) here
- җы (žɨ)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- җыгә (žɨgə)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Chinese Cantonese 這 /这, 呢
- 這 /这 (ze⁵)the (thing) here
- 呢 (ni¹)the (thing) here
- 此 (ci²)the (thing) here
Chinese Mandarin 這 /这, 此
- 這 /这 (zhè, zhèi)the (thing) here
- 此 (cǐ)the (thing) here
- 這 /这 (zhè, zhèi)known (thing) just mentioned
- 這 /这 (zhè, zhèi)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- 這個 /这个the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- 这个 (zhège, zhèige)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- 這些 /这些the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- 这些 (zhèxiē)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Czech tento, tato
- tentothe (thing) here
- tatothe (thing) here
- totothe (thing) here
- tentoknown (thing) just mentioned
- totothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Danish denne, dette
- dennethe (thing) here
- dettethe (thing) here
- dettethe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Dutch deze, dit
- dezethe (thing) here
- ditthe (thing) here
- zoto the degree or extent indicated
- dezethe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- ditthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Esperanto jeno, ĉi tiu
- jenoknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- ĉi tiuthe (thing) here
- tiu ĉithe (thing) here
- tio ĉithe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- ĉi tiothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Estonian see
- seethe (thing) here
Finnish tämä, tällainen
- tämäknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- tällainenknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- eräsknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- tämäwhich is current
- tämäthe (thing) here
- tääthe (thing) here
- seknown (thing) just mentioned
- näinto the degree or extent indicated
- tämäthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
French ce, cette
- ceknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- cetteknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- ceknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- cetteknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- cewhich is current
- cettewhich is current
- cethe (thing) here
- cettethe (thing) here
- ce ... cithe (thing) here
- cette ... cithe (thing) here
- ceknown (thing) just mentioned
- cetteknown (thing) just mentioned
- comme çato the degree or extent indicated
- cecithe thing, item, etc. being indicated
German folgend, dieser
- folgendknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- dieserknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- so einknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- dieserthe (thing) here
- dieserknown (thing) just mentioned
- soto the degree or extent indicated
- dieserthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- diesethe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- diesesthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- diesethe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Greek αυτός, ο εξής
- αυτός (aftós)known (thing) about to be mentioned
- ο εξής (o exís)known (thing) about to be mentioned
- ένας (énas)known (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- αυτός (aftós)the (thing) here
- τούτος (toútos)the (thing) here
- ετούτος (etoútos)the (thing) here
- αυτός (aftós)known (thing) just mentioned
- αυτός (aftós)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- αυτή (aftí)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- αυτό (aftó)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- ούτος (oútos)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- αύτη (áfti)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- τούτο (toúto)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Hawaiian kēia
- kēiathe (thing) here
Hebrew זֶה, זֹאת
- זֶה (ze)the (thing) here
- זֹאת (zot)the (thing) here
- זוֹ (zo)the (thing) here
Hindi यह, इस
- यह (yah)the (thing) here
- इस (is)the (thing) here
- यह (yah)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- ये (ye)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Hungarian ma, e
- mawhich is current
- ewhich is current
- ezwhich is current
- ezen a/az…which is current
- ebben a/az…which is current
- ezthe (thing) here
- ilyento the degree or extent indicated
- ennyito the degree or extent indicated
- ezthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Icelandic þessi, þetta
- þessithe (thing) here
- þettathe (thing) here
- þessithe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- þettathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- þaðthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Indonesian ini, ini
- inithe (thing) here
- inithe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Irish seo, seo
- seothe (thing) here
- seothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Italian questo, questa
- questothe (thing) here
- questathe (thing) here
- 'stothe (thing) here
- 'stathe (thing) here
- cosìto the degree or extent indicated
- questothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- questathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Japanese この, これ
- この (kono)the (thing) here
- これ (kore)known (thing) just mentioned
- この (kono)known (thing) just mentioned
- これ (kore)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Korean 이런, 이번
- 이런 (ireon)known (thing) about to be mentioned
- 이번 (ibeon)which is current
- 이 (i)the (thing) here
- 요 (yo)the (thing) here
- 그 (geu)known (thing) just mentioned
- 이것 (igeot)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Latin hic, is
- hicthe (thing) here
- isthe (thing) here
- hīcknown (thing) just mentioned
- quantum hocto the degree or extent indicated
- hicthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- haecthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- hocthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Latvian šis, šī
- šisthe (thing) here
- šīthe (thing) here
- šiethe (thing) here
- šīsthe (thing) here
- šāsthe (thing) here
- šisthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- šīthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Lithuanian šis, ši
- šisthe (thing) here
- šithe (thing) here
- šitasthe (thing) here
- šitathe (thing) here
Malay اين, ني
- اينknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- نيknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- iniknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- niknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- اينknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- نيknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- iniknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- niknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- اينthe (thing) here
- نيthe (thing) here
- inithe (thing) here
- nithe (thing) here
- اينthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- نيthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- inithe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- nithe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Māori tēnei
- tēneithe (thing) here
Norwegian denne, dette
- dennethe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- dettethe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Norwegian Bokmål den, denne
- denknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- denneknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- detknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- detteknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- denknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- denneknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- detknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- detteknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- dennewhich is current
- dettewhich is current
- nåwhich is current
- nå påwhich is current
Persian این, این
- این (in)the (thing) here
- این (in)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Polish taki, ten
- takiknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- tenknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- ten m ta f to n ci m pl tethe (thing) here
- tenknown (thing) just mentioned
- aż takto the degree or extent indicated
- tenthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- tathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- tothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Portuguese este, esse
- esteknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- esseknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- umknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- estethe (thing) here
- estathe (thing) here
- istothe (thing) here
- estesthe (thing) here
- estasthe (thing) here
- esteknown (thing) just mentioned
- esseknown (thing) just mentioned
- tãoto the degree or extent indicated
- tantoto the degree or extent indicated
- tantato the degree or extent indicated
- assimto the degree or extent indicated
- istothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- issothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Punjabi ਏਸ
- ਏਸ (ēsa)the (thing) here
Romanian acest, această
- acestthe (thing) here
- aceastăthe (thing) here
- ăstathe (thing) here
- astathe (thing) here
- acestthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- ăstathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- aceastăthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- astathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Russian тако́й, э́тот
- тако́й (takój)known (thing) about to be mentioned
- э́тот (étot)the (thing) here
- э́та (éta)the (thing) here
- э́то (éto)the (thing) here
- э́ти (éti)the (thing) here
- сей (sej)the (thing) here
- э́тот (étot)known (thing) just mentioned
- э́то (éto)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- э́тот (étot)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- э́та (éta)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- э́то (éto)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- э́ти (éti)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Scottish Gaelic seo, seo
- seothe (thing) here
- seoknown (thing) just mentioned
- seothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Slovak tento, tento
- tentoknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- tentoknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- tentowhich is current
- tentothe (thing) here
- tátothe (thing) here
- totothe (thing) here
- tentoknown (thing) just mentioned
- toľkoto the degree or extent indicated
- toľkototo the degree or extent indicated
- takto the degree or extent indicated
- taktoto the degree or extent indicated
- totothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Spanish este, aqueste
- esteknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- aquesteknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- estaknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- aquestaknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- un talknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- una talknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- estewhich is current
- aquestewhich is current
- estawhich is current
- aquestawhich is current
- estethe (thing) here
- aquestethe (thing) here
- tantoto the degree or extent indicated
- estothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- aquestothe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- estethe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- éstethe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- aquestethe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- estathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- éstathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- aquestathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Swedish den, denna
- denknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- dennaknown (thing) about to be mentioned
- denknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- dennaknown (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience
- den härthe (thing) here
- dennathe (thing) here
- denknown (thing) just mentioned
- dennaknown (thing) just mentioned
- den härthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- dennathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- det härthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- dettathe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Tagalog ito, ire
- itothe (thing) here
- irethe (thing) here
- arethe (thing) here
Tamil இது
- இது (itu)the (thing) here
Thai นี้, นี่
- นี้ (níi)the (thing) here
- นี่ (nîi)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Turkish bu, bunlar
- buthe (thing) here
- bunlarthe (thing) here
- buknown (thing) just mentioned
- buthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- bunlarthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Ukrainian цей, ця
- цей (cej)the (thing) here
- ця (cja)the (thing) here
- це (ce)the (thing) here
- ці (ci)the (thing) here
- цей (cej)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
- це (ce)the thing, item, etc. being indicated
Urdu یہ
- یہ (ye)the (thing) here
Vietnamese này, đây
- nàythe (thing) here
- đâythe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- cái nàythe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Welsh hwn, hon
- hwnthe (thing) here
- honthe (thing) here
- hynthe (thing) here
- ymathe (thing) here
- hwnthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- honthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
- hynthe thing, item, etc. being indicated
Yiddish דאָזיק, אָט
- דאָזיק (dozik)the (thing) here
- אָט (ot)the (thing) here
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with this
ChrisswisskissdisLuiscisvisblissbisdismisssufficedissabysstriscrishissaniseamissbrisremissprissarriscissfiss
All rhymes →Sounds the same
diss (th-stopping)diss (th-stopping)diss (th-stopping)diss (th-stopping)diss (th-stopping)
Anagrams
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