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These

//ðiːz// det, pron

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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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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