this
determiner /ðɪs/ (plural these)Definition
A1 used for a person, object, idea, etc. to show which one is referred to: Can you sign this form here for me? These books are too heavy for me to carry.informal We met this girl (= the girl I am going to tell you about) in the hotel. This is the one I want. What's this? Is this what you're looking for? What's this I hear about your moving to Scotland? by this time (also before this) › already: I thought you'd have finished by this time.Before, after and alreadyAfter and behind
(Definition of this determiner from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- afore adverb, preposition, conjunction
- after- prefix
- afterwards adverb
- already adverb
- ante- prefix
- following adjective 1
- following noun (NEXT)
- following preposition
- formerly adverb
- heretofore adverb
- immediate adjective
- in advance idiom
- in advance of sth/sb idiom
- later adjective (IN THE FUTURE)
- later adverb
- shortly adverb
- subsequent adjective
- successor noun
- thereafter adverb
- whereupon conjunction
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