this
Signification (English)
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- The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
- (colloquial) The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
- The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
- The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
- (informal) A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
- Designates the current or next instance.
Concepts
Synonyms
this is it
today’s
previously mentioned
That’s it
that thing
that and the other
animate demonstrative
to be
inanimate demonstrative
for this
if so
such a thing
this is
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ðɪs/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
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”). Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).
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