THIS

Etymology

Determiner

this

The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).

The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).

The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).

(informal) A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".

(of a time reference) Designates the current or next instance.

Adverb

this (not comparable)

To the degree or extent indicated.

Pronoun

this (plural these)

The thing, item, etc. being indicated.

• This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars […] — Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1. Scene 2.

Noun

this (plural thises)

(philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.

(computer) Referring to the current context in a programming environment in C-like languages.

Interjection

this

(Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.

Synonyms

• +1

• IAWTP

• QFT

Anagrams

• HITs, Hist, Tish, hist, hist-, hist., hits, iths, shit, sith, tish

Source: Wiktionary

This, pron. & a.; pl. These. Etym: [OE. this, thes, AS. th\'c7s, masc., theós, fem., this, neut.; akin to OS. these, D. deze, G. dieser, OHG. diser, deser, Icel. Þessi; originally from the definite article + a particle -se, -si; cf. Goth. sai behold. See The, That, and cf. These, Those.]

1. As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned. When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart. Acts ii. 37. But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched. Matt. xxiv. 43.

2. As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.

Note: This may be used as opposed or correlative to that, and sometimes as opposed to other or to a second this. See the Note under That, 1. This way and that wavering sails they bend. Pope. A body of this or that denomination is produced. Boyle. Their judgment in this we may not, and in that we need not, follow. Hooker. Consider the arguments which the author had to write this, or to design the other, before you arraign him. Dryden. Thy crimes . . . soon by this or this will end. Addison.

Note: This, like a, every, that, etc., may refer to a number, as of years, persons, etc., taken collectively or as a whole. This twenty years have I been with thee.. Gen. xxxi. 38. I have not wept this years; but now My mother comes afresh into my eyes. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition