- (used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, etc., as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis): This is my coat.
- (used to indicate one of two or more persons, things, etc., referring to the one nearer in place, time, or thought; opposed to that): This is Liza and that is Amy.
- (used to indicate one of two or more persons, things, etc., implying a contrast or contradistinction; opposed tothat): I'd take that instead of this.
- what is about to follow: Now hear this!Watch this!
- (used to indicate a person, place, thing, or degree as present, near, just indicated or mentioned, or as well-known or characteristic): These people are my friends.This problem has worried me for a long time.
- (used to indicate the nearer in time, place, or thought of two persons, things, etc.; opposed to that.)
- (used to imply mere contradistinction; opposed to that.)
- (used in place of an indefinite article for emphasis): I was walking down the street when I heard this explosion.
- (used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: this far;this softly.
- following this; hereupon: With this, he threw down his glass and left the table.
- used preceding a noun referring to something or someone that is closer: distinct from that
- (as pronoun)
- used preceding a noun that has just been mentioned or is understood
- (as pronoun)
- used to refer to something about to be said, read, etc
- (as pronoun)
- the present or immediate
- (as pronoun)
- informal often used in storytelling, an emphatic form of a 1, the 1 I saw this big brown bear
- various unspecified and trivial actions, matters, objects, etc
- this here US not standard an emphatic form of this (def. 1), this (def. 2), this (def. 3)
- after this; thereupon
- used with adjectives and adverbs to specify a precise degree that is about to be mentioned
