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Take the quiz. The meaning of THIS is the person, thing, or idea that is present or near in place, time, or thought or that has just been mentioned. How to use this in a sentence.
used for a person, object, or thing to show which one is referred to or has been referred to before: This book is mine – yours is over there. Try on these sunglasses to see how you look in them. If you wear the scarf like this, it will look better.
this. exclamation. informal us / ðɪs / uk / ðɪs /. used on social media as a reaction to something such as a picture, news article, or opinion, to make people notice it, or to say that you agree with it, or think it is important, etc.: She retweeted his words with the simple comment, "This."
This definition: (used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, etc., as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis). See examples of THIS used in a sentence.
Referring to things or ideas. We normally use this, that, these and those as pronouns to refer to things or ideas: Put the butter, chocolate and sugar in a saucepan. Heat this over a low flame until it melts. We’re going to eat first and then go to the film. Are you happy with that?
2 days ago · this in American English. (ðɪs) (pronoun & adjective plural these (ðiz)) pronoun. 1. (used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, etc., as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis ) This is my coat. 2.
demonstrative pronouns (That is nice.) a1. Reference. Practice. Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those. This is my bag. That's Maya's computer. These are my children. Those are Tom's books. ‘What's this?’. ‘What's this/that in English?’. ‘What are these/those in English?’. ‘Who's that?’ ‘That’s my friend, Max.’.
this. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English this1 /ðɪs/ S1 W1 determiner, pronoun (plural these /ðiːz/) 1 used to refer to a person, thing, idea etc that has just been mentioned or to something that has just happened We must make sure this doesn’t happen again. Is there any way of solving these problems?
this (ᵺis), pron. and adj., pl. these (ᵺēz); adv. pron. (used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, etc., as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis): This is my coat.
He's about this tall. I need a nail about this long. THIS meaning: 1 : the person, thing, or idea that is present or near in place, time, or thought or that has just been mentioned; 2 : the thing that is closest to you or that is being shown to you.
