Word definition: these

Etimology


From Middle English þes, from Old English þas, from Proto-West Germanic *þes-, a form of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *só. Compare with German diese.

determiner


these

plural of this

Examples


He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.

These pretzels are making me thirsty.

pronoun


these

plural of this

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