these

det
/ðiːz/CA/ðiz/US

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.

  1. derived from *só
  2. derived from *sa
  3. derived from *þes-
  4. inherited from þas
  5. inherited from þes

Definitions

  1. plural of this

    • 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.
    • Seinfeld, The Alternate Side These pretzels are making me thirsty.
    • MDF and HDF – or medium-density fiberboard and high-density fiberboard – are two of the trendiest materials in woodworking these days.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for these. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA