it

A1
Pronunciation
/ɪt/
/ət/
/ɘt/
/ɪt/
/ɪt/
Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.

2 Definition

The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.

Example Sentences
  • In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
3 Definition

The game of tag.

Example Sentences
  • Let's play it at breaktime.
4 Definition

Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.

5 Definition

Sexual activity.

Example Sentences
  • caught them doing it
6 Definition

A biological force that inhabits living beings, according to the vitalist approach of Georg Groddeck.

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Most fashionable.

Pronoun
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.

Example Sentences
  • I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
2 Definition

A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.

Example Sentences
  • She took the baby and held it in her arms.
3 Definition

Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.

Example Sentences
  • Is it her?
4 Definition

The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)

Example Sentences
  • It is nearly 10 o’clock.
5 Definition

The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.

6 Definition

The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a .

Example Sentences
  • He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
7 Definition

All or the end; something after which there is no more.

Example Sentences
  • Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
8 Definition

A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.

9 Definition

Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.

Proper noun
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

A large peninsula in Southern Europe protruding into the Mediterranean Sea and shaped like a boot. The mountain range of Apennines runs across it from north to south. Occupied almost entirely by Italy.

2 Definition

A country in southern Europe. Official name: Italian Republic.

3 Definition

Abbreviation of Italian. (language)