this

Meanings

Adverb

  • To the degree or extent indicated.

Pronoun

  • The thing, item, etc. being indicated.

Noun

  • Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
  • Referring to the current context in a programming environment in C-like languages.

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Origin

  • 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 Sea 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.

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