These
Meaning of These
Plural of this; the ones nearby.
ما معنى كلمة These بالعربي؟
أداة إشارة جمع
👇📋 أداة إشارة جمع تُستخدم للإشارة إلى مجموعة من الأشياء أو الأشخاص القريبين نسبياً؛ ضمير إشارة متعدد يُحدد عدة عناصر أو أفراد في نفس السياق أو المُحيط؛ كلمة تخصيص جماعية تُميز بين مجموعة مُحددة وأخرى في نفس الموضوع؛ أداة لغوية توضيحية تُساعد على فهم المعنى المُراد والعناصر المقصودة بدقة؛ عنصر نحوي أساسي يُستخدم لتجنب التكرار وتسهيل فهم النص أو الحديث 📋👈
قصة GL: أشار نايف العيسى إلى هذه النتائج المُذهلة في بحثه، فاستخدم ضمير إشارة متعدد للتوضيح، وطبق كلمة تخصيص جماعية للتمييز، وابتكر أداة لغوية توضيحية للفهم، واستعمل عنصر نحوي للتبسيط في منصة Genetic G Learning لتحفيز HBDNF في Organic G Brain 👇
Synonyms & related words
These in a sentence
These results confirm the earlier finding.
These clients signed early.
These clauses apply.
Read these words aloud.
Origin of These
From Old English thas, plural of this.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, these points to things close by. GL slides point to these items clearly.
These audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word points to things close at hand — These.
Narrator: These, /ðiːz/, is a determiner and a pronoun. It is the plural of this, used to point to people or things that are near to you, or just mentioned.
Narrator: It comes from Old English, the natural plural of this. The pair this and these always point to what is close — in space, in time, or in the conversation.
Narrator: As a determiner, it comes before a noun — these apples, these ideas, these days. As a pronoun, it stands alone — These are mine; I'll take these.
Narrator: The key is nearness and number. These is for several things that are close. Its opposite is those — the plural of that — used for things further away.
Narrator: So we say these books here on my desk, but those books over there on the shelf. Near and plural is these; far and plural is those.
Narrator: In register, these is everyday and essential — one of the most common words in English, equally at home in speech and writing, formal and casual.
Narrator: At its heart, these points to the near and the many — the things right here, close enough to touch or to name.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Could you pass me these papers on the desk? Not those ones on the shelf — these, right here in front of me.
Speaker B: There you go. And you've just shown it perfectly — these for what's near you, those for what's further away. The classic pair.
Speaker A: Exactly. These is the plural of this, isn't it? This apple, these apples.
Speaker B: Right. And it works two ways — before a noun, these days, these ideas; or standing alone, These are lovely, I'll take these.
Speaker A: I use it for time too — these days I work from home. Means recently, around now.
Speaker B: Lovely example. And here's the common mix-up — people sometimes say these when they mean those, or the other way round.
Speaker A: Yes — what's the easy way to keep them straight?
Speaker B: Near is these, far is those. If you can almost touch them, these. If they're across the room, those. Near and far, both plural.
Speaker A: That's a clean rule. And the singular pair is this and that — this here, that there.
Speaker B: Exactly — this and that for one, these and those for many. Four little words that all point, by nearness and number.
Speaker A: So these is the word for the near and the many — the things right here, close enough to name.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Today we use the word these in AI prompts — it is one of the most useful pointing words, perfect for selecting items, applying batch actions, and narrowing scope.
Speaker A: I like it because these is precise and natural — the AI knows you mean the specific group right in front of it, not everything.
Speaker B: Exactly. Let us start with a batch-action scenario:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Apply this change only to these selected rows — update the status of these highlighted records to complete, leave every other row untouched, and confirm how many these rows were updated.
Speaker A: That is clear. Saying these selected rows keeps the change tightly scoped to the chosen group.
Speaker B: Now a UI scenario:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Build a multi-select list where users tick several items, then act on these chosen items at once — add a bar that says these three selected, with delete and export buttons for these items.
Speaker A: A select-many bar that acts on these chosen items — exactly how bulk actions should feel.
Speaker B: Here is a refactor scenario:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Refactor only these three functions I've pasted — improve readability and remove duplication in these, but do not change any other file, and keep these functions' behaviour identical.
Speaker A: Limiting the refactor to these three functions keeps the AI from wandering off into the whole codebase.
Speaker B: A full-app prompt next, short and memorable:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Build an inbox where users select several emails and act on these together — archive these, label these, or mark these as read, with a clear count of how many these emails are chosen.
Speaker A: An inbox that batch-acts on these chosen emails — clean and efficient. One more, perhaps for filtering?
Speaker B: PROMPT: Add a filter that shows only these matching results — when the user picks tags, display just these tagged items, hide the rest, and let them clear these filters in one tap.
Speaker A: The word these in every prompt signals the specific near group to act on, not everything.
Speaker B: That is the lesson. A precise pointing word like these tells the AI exactly which items you mean. Memorable, and easy to recall.
Frequently asked questions about These
What does These mean?
Plural of this; the ones nearby.
ما معنى كلمة These بالعربي؟
أداة إشارة جمع — 👇📋 أداة إشارة جمع تُستخدم للإشارة إلى مجموعة من الأشياء أو الأشخاص القريبين نسبياً؛ ضمير إشارة متعدد يُحدد عدة عناصر أو أفراد في نفس السياق أو المُحيط؛ كلمة تخصيص جماعية تُميز بين مجموعة مُحددة وأخرى في نفس الموضوع؛ أداة لغوية توضيحية تُساعد على فهم المعنى المُراد والعناصر المقصودة بدقة؛ عنصر نحوي أساسي يُستخدم لتجنب التكرار وتسهيل فهم النص أو الحديث 📋👈
How do you pronounce These?
These is pronounced /ðiːz/ and is used as a determiner / pronoun.
How is These used in a sentence?
These results confirm the earlier finding.
What are synonyms of These?
the present ones, the nearby ones, such, the following, the ones here, this lot.