these

[ theez ]

/ ðiz /

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pronoun, adjective

plural of this.

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How to use these in a sentence

Quite a part of the game, believe me!these sort of things are only toys for children.
The Sorrows of Satan|Marie Corelli
Sir Knight, wouldst know thy lady's name?These pin-pricks tell from whence I came.
Suppers|Paul Pierce
Higher still were a dark belt of stunted firs and the sandstone ledge, and above these-home.
A Cumberland Vendetta|John Fox, Jr.
They cuddn'-ta-helptit-with-all-these-socean steamers-going-over-there every-day.
Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad|John Kendrick Bangs

If the governor was a Duke of Devonshire, all these-caprices might be pardonable; but my theory is, roast-beef before roses.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for these

these

/ (ðiːz) /

determiner

the form of this used before a plural nounthese men
(as pronoun)I don't much care for these

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Idioms and Phrases with these

these

see one of these days.