English Explanatory Dictionary

this

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
  2. Referring to oneself.
  3. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
  4. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
  5. A 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 ...".
  6. Designates the current or next instance.
adv
  1. To the degree or extent indicated.
pron
  1. The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
noun
  1. Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
intj
  1. Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
name
  1. plural of Thi

Pronunciation

/ðɪs/ thĭs This-prounciation-audio-nonlabial.ogg en-us-this.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-this.wav /ðəs/ thəs

Word forms

this these thises

Etymology

From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from 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”).

Synonyms

+1 IAWTP QFT

Related words

that these those

Derived words

and all this at this juncture at this moment in time at this point at this point in time at this rate blow this for a game of soldiers blow this for a lark blow this joint blow this popsicle stand blow this pop stand can do this all day don't try this at home forget to take one's medication this morning forget to take one's pills this morning for this once this moment on this time on fuck this fuck this for a game of soldiers fuck this for a lark get this have seen this film have seen this movie how do you pronounce this word how do you spell this word I am afraid of this I approve this message I'm going to hell for this in this connection in this day and age in this essay I will is this a safe space it was like this it was this way let's get this circus on the road let's get this party started let this cup pass from me make this world go around make this world go round no horse in this race not long for this world now hear this on this score on this side of out of this world riddle me this screw this screw this for a game of soldiers screw this for a lark shuffle off this mortal coil sod this for a game of soldiers sod this for a lark that was then this is now that was then and this is now there isn't any easy way to say this this afternoon this and that this and that and the other

Translations

Afrikaans: dit Ainu: タン Albanian: ky Albanian: kjo Southern Altai: бу Northern Amami Ōshima: く゚りぃ Southern Amami Ōshima: く゚るっ Amharic: ይህ Western Apache: dii Arabic: هٰذَا Arabic: هٰذِهِ Arabic: هٰذَانِ Arabic: هَاتَانِ Arabic: هٰؤُلَاءِ Arabic: ده Arabic: دي Arabic: دول Arabic: هاد Arabic: هادا Arabic: هادي Arabic: هاي Tunisian Arabic: هاذ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܗܐ Aramaic: ܗܢܐ Aramaic: ܗܕܐ Aramaic: הנא Aramaic: הדא Armenian: այս Aromanian: aistu Aromanian: aestu Ashkun: iāk Asturian: esti Asturian: esta Azerbaijani: bu Bashkir: был Bashkir: ошо Basque: hau Belarusian: гэ́ты Belarusian: гэ́тая Belarusian: гэ́та Belarusian: гэ́тыя Bengali: এই Bengali: এইটা Bengali: এটা Bengali: এইটি Bengali: এটি Bhojpuri: ई Central Bikol: ini Bulgarian: то́зи Bulgarian: та́зи Bulgarian: това́ Bulgarian: те́зи Burmese: ဟောဒီ Burmese: အနှီ Buryat: энэ Carpathian Rusyn: гевсесь Carpathian Rusyn: гевса Carpathian Rusyn: гевсе Catalan: aquest Catalan: aquesta Catalan: est Catalan: este Cebuano: kari Cebuano: kani Chamicuro: ana'ye Chechen: хӏара Chechen: и Chechen: иза Cherokee: ᎯᎠ Chinese Cantonese: 這 /这 Chinese Cantonese: 呢 Chinese Cantonese: 此 Chinese: җы Eastern Min Chinese: 之 Eastern Min Chinese: 茲 /兹 Hakka Chinese: 這 /这 Chinese Mandarin: 這 /这 Chinese Mandarin: 此 Wu Chinese: 搿 Xiang Chinese: 咯 Maore Comorian: -nu
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