these

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these/ðiːz/

plural form of this.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
this/ðɪs/

▶pronoun & determiner (pl. these)

• 1 used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated or experienced.

  ■ referring to the nearer of two things close to the speaker.

• 2 referring to a specific thing just mentioned.

• 3 [as det.] used with periods of time related to the present.

▶adverb to the degree or extent indicated.

– phrases
this and that (or this, that, and the other) informal various unspecified things.
this here informal used to show emphasis.

– origin OE, neut. of thes, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to that and the.