these

plural of this

Determiner

  1. plural of this
    • 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. - 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City,...
    • Seinfeld, The Alternate Side These pretzels are making me thirsty.
    • MDF and HDF – or medium-density fiberboard and high-density fiberboard – are two of the trendiest materials in woodworking these days. - 2019 September 20, “MDF vs HDF: Understanding Differences and Best Uses in...

Origin

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.

Pronoun

  1. plural of this

Derived

between you and me and these four walls if these walls could talk one of these days one of these odd-come-shortlies these days these islands theseness these ones these things happen with friends like these who needs enemies