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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.

'this' also found in these Oxford entries:

absit omen - Acheulian - AD - ad hoc - ado - agma - ago - aid - air-kiss - aitchbone - alexandrine - algebra - alibi - already - altruism - ammonia - amplifier - angelus - angle - annunciation - apropos - art - as - aschelminth - aslope - augur - Aurignacian - autocracy - Azilian - baker - Balkanize - ballet - bandy - bar mitzvah - battledore - bebop - beckon - beg - beige - bell - bergamot - Beringian - bi- - blast - bong - boom - bore - bored - Box and Cox - Boxing Day

Forum discussions with the word(s) "this" in the title:

- Alright guys I will fool you this time.
- Gosh, I've never been this low before.
... resist this inclination ...
... this Department had neither a manager nor a team therefore ...
... since 'this was Scott we were talking about'
..., now referred to as the Juvenilia. This early fiction was preserved by her family.
.... this number has become greater/higher/bigger
...and this is his greatest award/reward
...for the start of the order, if this has not been exceeded
...in this way
...it is in this...
...this is the place to dine and be seen
...this school/....this school before
...this topic <though/though as> we're not here to show....
'' this and that ''
''this'' is only correct when it refers to a noun appearing previously
'all this' vs 'all these'
'As he died, he said a prayer' Is this sentence correct?
'as per'--how to use this expression properly
'as' or 'than' in this sentence?
'associations' and 'investing' in this context.
'How big this cake is!' 'What a' (Exclamation)
'If phrase' in this sentence
'It was' vs. 'This was' the suicide bomber.
'It': refers to? (in this context.)
'It/this' ... is six o'clock. (... is raining.)
'of this year' or 'this year'
'on top of this' they have an old mentality ....
'redundant' negative (let's see if we can't sort this one out)
'that' or 'this'
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