these

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.

• (UK) enPR: thēz, IPA^(key): /ðiːz/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ðiz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

these

1. plural of this
   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     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.

   • Seinfeld, The Alternate Side

     These pretzels are making me thirsty.

Depending on the context, the word those may be used either in place of or interchangeably with these.

these

1. plural of this

• Sheet, seeth, sheet, thees

• (dated) thesis

Borrowed from French thèse, from Latin thēsis, from Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈteː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: the‧se
• Rhymes: -eːzə

these f (plural theses or thesen)

1. statement, thesis, proposition

   Synonym: stelling

2. thesis (lengthy essay)

   Synonyms: scriptie, proefschrift, dissertatie

• These and proefschrift are general terms for any thesis or dissertation submitted for the attainment of an academic degree, whereas scriptie usually refers specifically to a final assignment as part of a bachelor's or master's degree and dissertatie usually refers to a doctoral (Ph.D.) thesis.

these

1. ablative singular of thesis

these

1. Alternative spelling of þese

these

1. Alternative spelling of þese

these

1. Alternative spelling of þese (plural of þe (“thigh”))

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these

1. this, these

• Middle Dutch: dēse, deze
  • Dutch: deze, dit
  • Limburgish: deze

• “these”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

these m

1. this, these

   an thesum uueroldrīkea uuirkean scoldin: They should work on this world.

• Low German: düsse, disse

these f (plural theses)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of tese.