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These
Webster 1828 Edition
These
THESE
, pron. plu. of this. pronounced theez, and used as an adjective or substitute. These is opposed to those, as this is to that, and when two persons or things or collections of things are named, these refers to the things or persons which are nearest in place or order, or which are last mentioned. Some place the bliss in action, some in ease;
Those call it pleasure, and contentment these
Here these is a substitute for these persons, and for the persons last mentioned, who place their bliss in ease.
Definition 2024
These
These
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English
Determiner
these
- plural of this
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
- Seinfeld, The Alternate Side
- These pretzels are making me thirsty.
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Note: depending on the context, the word those may be used either in place of or interchangeably with these.
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plural of this
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Pronoun
these
- plural of this
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plural of this
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Old Dutch
Determiner
these m
Declension
Declension of these
Portuguese
Noun
these f (plural theses)
- Obsolete spelling of tese (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).