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its  (ts)
adj. The possessive form of it.
Used as a modifier before a noun: The airline canceled its early flight to New York.

[Alteration of it's : it + -'s.]
Usage Note: Its is the possessive form of the pronoun it and is correctly written without an apostrophe. It should not be confused with the contraction it's (for it is or it has), which should always have an apostrophe.

its
Adjective
of or belonging to it: its left rear wheel, I can see its logical consequence
pron
something belonging to it: its is over there
Translations
its [ɪts] adjsu

its [ɪts] adjson(sa)ses pl
pronle(la) sien(ne)les siens(siennes)

its [ɪts] adjsein(e)ihr(e)
pronseine(r, s)ihre(r, s)

its [ɪts] adj, pronil(la) suo/a, i(le) suoi(sue)

its, itself it


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So you must try to be contented with making your name boyish, and playing brother to us girls," said Beth, stroking the rough head with a hand that all the dish washing and dusting in the world could not make ungentle in its touch.
"I believe you--that is if you got on its trail," returned Ned, and there was warm admiration in his voice.
His faith in it and his knowledge of it have played an important part in its development.
 
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