it
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[ English
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| his | with | is | #13: it | for | as | had |
[ Etymology
[ Pronunciation
- (stressed) enPR: ĭt, IPA: /ɪt/, SAMPA: /It/
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- Rhymes: -ɪt
- (unstressed) enPR: ət, IPA: /ət/, SAMPA: /@t/
- Homophones: at (unstressed)
[ Pronoun
it (subjective and objective it, reflexive and intensive itself, possessive adjective and noun its)
- The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a non-human entity, to an inanimate thing with no or unknown sex or gender.
- Put it over there.
- Take each day as it comes.
- The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a human entity of unknown sex or gender.
- She took the baby and held it in her arms.
- Used to refer to oneself when identifying oneself, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
- It's me. John.
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement.
- It is nearly 10 o’clock.
- It’s very cold today.
- It’s lonely without you.
- The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object.
- It is easy to see how she would think that.
- I find it odd that you would say that.
- He saw to it that everyone would vote for him.
- See Wiktionary:Inflection Templates for other personal pronouns.
[ Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this word see the citations page.
[ Translations
subject — inanimate thing
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object
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subject of impersonal statement
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[ Derived terms
[ See also
[ Abbreviation
It or It. or it
[ Derived terms
[ See also
[ Azerbaijani
[ Noun
it
[ Verb
it
- be lost (imperative)
[ Crimean Tatar
[ Noun
it
[ Synonyms
[ References
- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
[ Latin
[ Verb
it
- Third-person singular indicative present of ire.
[ Turkish
[ Noun
it
[ Verb
it
- push (imperative)
[ West Frisian
[ Article
it n.
- the (the definite article that is placed before neuter nouns. Non-neuter (common gender) nouns take the article de).
[ Pronoun
it (personal pronoun)
- it: thee third person singular, referring to something neutral, genderless.
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