- THIS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
THIS definition: (used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, etc , as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood
- THIS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of THIS is the person, thing, or idea that is present or near in place, time, or thought or that has just been mentioned How to use this in a sentence
- THIS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
We use this and that with singular and uncountable nouns: … We normally use this, that, these and those as pronouns to refer to things or ideas: … We use this and these most commonly to point to things and people that are close to the speaker or writer, or things that are happening now: …
- This - definition of this by The Free Dictionary
Used to indicate the nearer or the more immediate one: This is mine and that is yours 1 Being just mentioned or present in space, time, or thought: She left early this morning 2 Being nearer or more immediate: this side and that side 3 Being about to be stated or described: Just wait till you hear this story 4
- this - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English this1 ðɪs S1 W1 determiner, pronoun (plural these ðiːz ) 1 used to refer to a person, thing, idea etc that has just been mentioned or to something that has just happened We must make sure this doesn’t happen again Is there any way of solving these problems?
- The Pronoun This in the English Grammar | LanGeek
In this lesson, we will discuss when and how to use it 1 2 3 1 'This' as a Demonstrative Determiner This as a demonstrative determiner comes before a noun to show it is near It is also used to show a previously-mentioned thing or person This is used with time-related expressions or in narrations Look:
- THIS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
In spoken English, people use this to introduce a person or thing into a story I came here by chance and was just watching what was going on, when this girl attacked me So I just walked up the steps into this big, beautiful church You use this to refer to a person or thing that is near you, especially when you touch them or point to them
- this - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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”)
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