# this

Pronunciation: say "THIS" /ðɪs/

## Pronoun

1. The thing, item, or matter being indicated.
   - Simple: Used to point to a thing or idea that is here, was just mentioned, or is about to be explained.
   - _Read this before you sign._
   - _Take this, and give the rest to your sister._
8. Used to present someone who is with you to other people, or on the phone to identify who is speaking.
   - Simple: Used to tell people who someone near you is, or to say who you are on the phone.
   - _Everyone, this is Dr. Patel, who'll be joining our team on Monday._
   - _Hi, this is Jordan from the dentist's office, calling to confirm your appointment._

## Determiner

2. Used before a noun to refer to something just mentioned or about to be mentioned.
   - Simple: Used before a noun for something you have just talked about or are about to talk about.
   - _The report blames a single decision; this decision was taken in haste._
   - _She had one rule, and this rule she never broke._
3. Used before a noun to indicate a person or thing near the speaker, sometimes the speaker themself, in contrast with 'that'.
   - Simple: Used before a noun to point out someone or something near you, sometimes yourself.
   - _Look at this photo of my grandfather._
   - _We planted this tree the year we moved in._
4. Used with a time word to designate the current or next instance.
   - Simple: Used before a time word to mean the present one or the next one, as in 'this week'.
   - _The factory opens this spring._
   - _We have visitors this weekend._
5. Used when first mentioning a person or thing unknown to the listener. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Used in casual storytelling before a new person or thing, as in 'I met this guy'.
   - _We found this little café behind the station._
   - _He had this way of laughing that made everyone join in._

## Adverb

6. To an amount or degree made clear by words, context, or a gesture.
   - Simple: To the amount or size shown, as in 'this big' with a gesture.
   - _Nobody expected the test to be this hard._
   - _I couldn't afford this big a house._

## Interjection

7. Used to express strong agreement with the previous post. *(slang)*
   - Simple: On the internet, a reply meaning 'I strongly agree'.
   - _Half the thread was just people typing 'this' in agreement._
   - _'This!' she replied under his post about rent prices, and added a heart._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In philosophy, something indicated as being here; a particular, one of the 'thises' of the world.

## Origin

From Middle English this, from Old English þis, the neuter demonstrative, which goes back to a Germanic base *þa- "that" (from Proto-Germanic *þat and Proto-Indo-European *tód) plus a definitive suffix -s. It is related to German dies and West Frisian dizze.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/this (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).