it
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɪt/]
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1. it (pron) — sense 1
Definition: The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
Example: Take this book and put it on the shelf.
2. it (pron) — sense 2
Definition: A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.
Example: She took the baby and held it in her arms.
3. it (pron) — sense 3
Definition: A third-person singular pronoun used to refer to an unspecified person.
Example: All these things inclined her, step by step, to submit to the new discovery, whether Queen Victoria's or another's, that each man and each woman has another allotted to it for life, whom it supports, by whom it is supported, till death them do part.
4. it (det) — sense 1
Definition: Its.
Example: That which groweth of it owne accord of thy haruest, thou ſhalt not reape, neither gather the grapes of thy Uine vndreſſed: for it is a yeere of reſt vnto the land.
5. it (noun) — sense 1
Definition: One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
Example: His master glanced up quickly, and removed the letter from his hands. "I'm surprised at you, James," he remarked severely. "A secretary should control itself. Don't forget that the perfect secretary is an it: an automatic machine—a thing incapable of feeling.…"
6. it (noun) — sense 2
Definition: The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
Example: In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
7. it (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A game of tag.
Example: Let's play it at breaktime.
8. it (adj) — sense 1
Definition: Most fashionable, popular, or in vogue.
Example: Going away for the weekend and feel the need to profile en route? This is the "it" bag.
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