PronounThis is my favorite T-shirt. Anything would be better than this. “What's this right here?” “It's a very rare gold coin.” Would you take a look at this, please? All of this is mine. This is the most fun I've had in years! “It will be difficult.” “This is true.” What is the meaning of this? This is silver and that is gold.This is my jacket and that's yours.Adjective some of the best restaurants are on this side of town Adverb We've waited this long for the pizza, we might as well stay until it's ready. I need a nail about this long. See More
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Adverb
Will Taylor Swift always be this close to a courtroom? Brendan Morrow, The Week, 26 Aug. 2022 The lofi radios have been taken down because of false copyright strikes, hopefully @YouTubeCreators @YouTube will sort this quickly... Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 11 July 2022 The industry also expected it, just not this quickly, not in the third year of a complete rebuild of one of baseball’s last old-school franchises. Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2021 But even a powerhouse like Rhimes cannot do all this alone. Joe Otterson, Variety, 3 Nov. 2021 To some of his peers, however, even that much time with a mostly healthy roster this late in the season feels like a luxury. Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021 To some of his peers, however, even that much time with a mostly healthy roster this late in the season feels like a luxury. Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021 To some of his peers, however, even that much time with a mostly healthy roster this late in the season feels like a luxury. Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021 To some of his peers, however, even that much time with a mostly healthy roster this late in the season feels like a luxury. Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Pronoun
Middle English, pronoun & adjective, from Old English thes (masculine), this (neuter); akin to Old High German dese this, Old English thæt that
First Known Use
Pronoun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a