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   This

   /T͟His/

   

   pronoun

   • 1. used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated or experienced: "is this your bag?"
   • ▪ used to introduce someone or something: "this is the captain speaking"
   • ▪ referring to the nearer of two things close to the speaker (the other, if specified, being identified by “that”): "this is different from that"
   • 2. referring to a specific thing or situation just mentioned: "the company was transformed and Ward had played a vital role in bringing this about"

   determiner

   • 1. used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated or experienced: "don't listen to this guy"
   • ▪ referring to the nearer of two things close to the speaker (the other, if specified, being identified by “that”): "this one or that one?"
   • 2. referring to a specific thing or situation just mentioned: "there was a court case resulting from this incident"
   • 3. used with periods of time related to the present: "I thought you were busy all this week"
   • ▪ referring to a period of time that has just passed: "I haven't left my bed these three days"
   • 4. used (chiefly in narrative) to refer to a person or thing previously unspecified: informal "I turned around, and there was this big mummy standing next to us!"

   adverb

   • 1. to the degree or extent indicated: "they can't handle a job this big"

   Word Origin Old English, neuter of thes, of West Germanic origin; related to that and the.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

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