These

//ðiːz// det, pron

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Definitions

Determiner
  1. 1
    plural of this form-of, plural

    "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."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    plural of this form-of, plural

Synonyms

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+1disiawtpiawtppresentqft

Antonyms

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those

Example

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"I am a flawed person, but these are flaws that can easily be fixed."

Etymology

From Middle English þes, from Old English þas, from Proto-West Germanic *þes-, a form of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *só. Compare with German diese.

Related phrases

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