Definition/Meaning of this

• English - Determiner: this ( plural these ) The (thing) here ( used in indicating something or someone nearby ) . This classroom is where I learned to read and write . The known (thing) ( used in indicating something or someone just mentioned ) . They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing . It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much . The known (thing) ( used in indicating something or…
• English - Adverb: this ( not comparable ) To the degree or extent indicated . I need this much water . We've already come this far , we can't turn back now .
• English - Pronoun: this ( plural these ) The thing , item , etc . being indicated . This is the excellent foppery of the world , that , when we are sick in fortune ,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour ,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun , the moon , and the stars [ … ] — Shakespeare , King Lear , Act 1 . Scene 2 . Related terms that , these , those Translations
• English - Noun: this ( plural thises ) ( philosophy ) Something being indicated that is here; one of these . 2001 , James G . Lennox , Aristotle's Philosophy of Biology (page 151) Terms like 'house', 'sphere', 'animal', and 'human' do not refer to other thises distinct from these ones here — they refer to the sort of thing these ones here are .
• English - Interjection: this ( Internet slang ) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material . Synonyms +1, like IAWTP