[Sửa]Demons.pron. (pl. these) 1 the personor thing close at hand or indicated or already named orunderstood (can you see this?; this is my cousin).
[Sửa](contrasted with that) the person or thing nearer to hand ormore immediately in mind.
[Sửa]The action, behaviour, orcircumstances under consideration (this won't do at all; what doyou think of this?).
[Sửa](on the telephone): a Brit. the personspeaking. b US the person spoken to.
[Sửa]Demons.adj. (pl.these) 1 designating the person or thing close at hand etc. (cf.senses 1, 2 of pron.).
[Sửa](of time): a the present or current(am busy all this week). b relating to today (this morning). cjust past or to come (have been asking for it these threeweeks).
[Sửa]Colloq. (in narrative) designating a person or thingpreviously unspecified (then up came this policeman).
[Sửa]Adv. tothis degree or extent (knew him when he was this high; did notreach this far).
[Sửa]This and that colloq. various unspecifiedexamples of things (esp. trivial). this here sl. thisparticular (person or thing). this much the amount or extentabout to be stated (I know this much, that he was not there).this world mortal life. [OE, neut. of thes]