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these

//ðiːz//

Determiner

A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.

Pronoun

A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase.

Note for these

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Definitions

Determiner

A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.

  1. 1.plural of this

    • MDF and HDF – or medium-density fiberboard and high-density fiberboard – are two of the trendiest materials in woodworking these days.
    • 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.

Pronoun

A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase.

  1. 1.plural of this

Frequency

Overall

Very common· #84

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Common
General reading & writing
Very common
Academic
Common
Literature
Uncommon

Etymology

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.

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