these

these · determiner

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Definitions

determiner

  1. 1.

    Used to identify specific people or things close at hand or being indicated or experienced (plural of "this").

  2. 2.

    Used to refer to something already mentioned.

  3. 3.

    Used to introduce something or someone.

  4. 4.

    Used to refer to a period of time immediately past or about to begin.

Related words

Antonyms: those
See also: that, this, those

Etymology

From Old English "thas," the plural of "thes" (this), from Proto-Germanic "*thai." The word has served as the plural demonstrative for things nearby throughout the history of English.