it

it  (t)

pron.

1. Used to refer to that one previously mentioned. Used of a nonhuman entity; an animate being whose sex is unspecified, unknown, or irrelevant; a group of objects or individuals; an action; or an abstraction: polished the table until it shone; couldn't find out who it was; opened the meeting by calling it to order.

2. Used as the subject of an impersonal verb: It is snowing.

3.

a. Used as an anticipatory subject or object: Is it certain that they will win?

b. Used as an anticipatory subject to emphasize a term that is not itself a subject: It was on Friday that all the snow fell.

4. Used to refer to a general condition or state of affairs: She couldn't stand it.

5. Used to refer to a crucial situation or culmination: This is itthe rivals are finally face to face. That's it! I won't tolerate any more foolishness.

6. Informal Used to refer to something that is the best, the most desirable, or without equal: He thinks he's it. That steak was really it!

n.

1. Games A player, as in tag, who attempts to find or catch the other players.

2. An animal that has been neutered: The cat is an it.

Idiom:

with it Slang

1. Aware of or knowledgeable about the latest trends or developments.

2. Mentally responsive and perceptive: I'm just not with it today.

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[Middle English, from Old English hit; see ko- in Indo-European roots.]

Our Living Language "I told Anse it likely won't be no need." This quotation from William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying demonstrates a use of it that occurs in some vernacular varieties of American speech. It is used instead of Standard English there when there functions as a so-called existentialthat is, when there indicates the mere existence of something rather than a physical location, as in It was nothing I could do. Existential it is hardly a recent innovationit appears in Middle English; in Elizabethan English, as in Marlowe's Edward II: "Cousin, it is no dealing with him now"; and in modern American literature as well. Although most British and American varieties no longer have this historical feature, it still occurs in some Southern-based dialects and in African American Vernacular English. Use of existential it may actually be increasing in some places, such as Smith Island, Maryland, a historically isolated community. While older Smith Islanders sometimes use existential it rather than there, younger islanders almost always do.·In some American vernacular dialects, particularly in the South (including the Appalachian and Ozark mountains), speakers may pronounce it as hit in stressed positions, especially at the beginning of a sentence, as in Hit's cold out here! This pronunciation is called a relic dialect feature because it represents the retention of an older English form. In fact, hit is the original form of the third person singular neuter pronoun and thus can be traced to the beginnings of the Old English period (c. 449-1100). Early in the history of English, speakers began to drop the h from hit, particularly in unaccented positions, as in I saw it yesterday. Gradually, h also came to be lost in accented positions, although hit persisted in socially prestigious speech well into the Elizabethan period. Some relatively isolated dialects in Great Britain and the United States have retained h, since linguistic innovations such as the dropping of h are often slow to reach isolated areas. But even in such places, h tends to be retained only in accented words. Thus, we might hear Hit's the one I want side by side with I took it back to the store. Nowadays, hit is fading even in the most isolated dialect communities and occurs primarily among older speakers.·This loss of h reflects a longstanding tendency among speakers of English to omit h's in unaccented words, particularly pronouns, such as 'er and 'im for her and him, as in I told 'er to meet me outside. This kind of h-loss is widespread in casual speech today, even though it is not reflected in spelling. See Note at Smith Island.

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it

pron

1. refers to a nonhuman, animal, plant, or inanimate thing, or sometimes to a small baby

2. refers to something unspecified or implied or to a previous or understood clause, phrase, or word: I knew it

3. used to represent human life or experience in respect of the present situation: how's it going?

4. used as the subject of impersonal verbs: it is snowing, it's Friday

5. Informal the crucial or ultimate point: the steering failed and I thought that was it

Noun

1. Informal

a. sexual intercourse

b. sex appeal

2. a desirable quality or ability [Old English hit]

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IT information technology

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

IT - the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information information technology applied science, engineering science, technology, engineering - the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study"

Translations

it [ɪt] pron 1. (specific) (subject) (not generally translated) → él(ella): (direct object) → lo(la): (indirect object) → le;

(after prep) → él(ella);

(abstract concept) → ello;

it's on the table → está en la mesa;

I can't find it → no lo (or la) encuentro;

give it to me → dámelo (or dámela);

I spoke to him about it → le hablé del asunto;

what did you learn from it? → ¿qué aprendiste de él (or ella)?;

did you go to it? (party, concert etc) → ¿fuiste?

2. (impersonal): it's raining → llueve, está lloviendo;

it's 6 o'clock/the 10th of August → son las 6/es el 10 de agosto;

how far is it? -- it's 10 miles/2 hours on the train → ¿a qué distancia está? -- a 10 millas/2 horas en tren;

who is it? -- it's me → ¿quién es? -- soy yo

it [ɪt] pron 1. (specific) (subject) → il(elle): (direct object) → le(la, l'): (indirect object) → lui;

it's on the table → c'est or il (or elle) est sur la table;

I can't find it → je n'arrive pas à le trouver;

give it to me → donne-le-moi

2. (after prep);

about/from/of it → en;

I spoke to him about it → je lui en ai parlé;

what did you learn from it? → qu'est-ce que vous en avez retiré?;

I'm proud of it → j'en suis fier;

I've come from it → j'en viens;

in/to it → y;

put the book in it → mettez-y le livre;

it's on it → c'est dessus;

he agreed to it → il y a consenti;

did you go to it? [+ party, concert etc] → est-ce que vous y êtes allé(s)?;

above it, over it → (au-)dessus;

below it, under it → (en-)dessous;

in front of/behind it → devant/derrière

3. (impersonal) → il; ce, cela, ça;

it's raining → il pleut;

it's Friday tomorrow → demain, c'est vendredi or nous sommes, vendredi;

it's 6 o'clock → il est 6 heures;

how far is it? it's 10 miles → c'est loin? c'est à 10 miles;

it's 2 hours by train → c'est à 2 heures de train;

who is it? it's me → qui est-ce? c'est moi

it [ɪt] pron 1. (specific) (subject) → er/sie/es: (direct object) → ihn/sie/es: (indirect object) → ihm/ihr/ihm;

it's on the table → es ist auf dem Tisch;

I can't find it → ich kann es nicht finden;

give it to me → gib es mir;

about it → darüber;

from it → davon;

in it → darin;

of it → davon;

what did you learn from it? → was hast du daraus gelernt?;

I'm proud of it → ich bin stolz darauf

2. (impersonal) → es;

it's raining → es regnet;

it's Friday tomorrow → morgen ist Freitag;

who is it? it's me → wer ist da? ich bins

it [ɪt] pron 1. (specific) (subject) → esso/a (mostly omitted in Italian): (direct object) → lo(la) → l': (indirect object) → gli(le);

where's my book? Ð it's on the table → dov'è il mio libro? Ð è sulla tavola;

what is it? → che cos'è? (= what's the matter?); cosa c'è?;

where is it? → dov'è?;

I can't find it → non lo (or la) trovo;

give it to me → dammelo (or dammela);

about/from/of it → ne;

I spoke to him about it → gliene ho parlato;

what did you learn from it? → quale insegnamento ne hai tratto?;

I'm proud of it → ne sono fiero;

in/to/at it → ci;

put the book in it → mettici il libro;

did you go to it? → ci sei andato?;

I wasn't at it → non c'ero;

above/over it → sopra;

below/under it → sotto;

in front of/behind it → lì davanti/dietro

2. (impers): it's raining → piove;

it's Friday tomorrow → domani è venerdì;

it's 6 o'clock → sono le 6;

it's 2 hours on the train → sono or ci vogliono 2 ore di treno;

who is it? Ð it's me → chi è? Ð sono io

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it

pron it [it]

1 (used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.ditضَمير يُشير إلى المُفْرَد غَيْر العاقِلтоto, onodet; denesαυτό, τοél; ella; ello (sujeto); lo, la (complemento directo)seeآنseil, elle, le, la, luiהוּא, הִיאयह, वहonoaz(t)hal ituþað, (hann, hún)lo, la; ciòそれは?주어·목적어? 그것은[], 그것을jis, ji, taitas; tā; to; tam; taiiahet, hij, zijden, detto, onoo/a(pe) el/ea, îl, o, -l, -oоно; тоto, onoono, totoden, detมันo, onu, ona它він; його; цьогоزیر بحث شخص مذکور یا شے کے لئے مستعملcái đó它

2 used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?ditتُسْتَعْمَل كَمُبْتَدأ يُشير إلى الطَّقس، الزَّمَن، المسافَهто(to)det; denes(se usa como sujeto en frases impersonales: it is cold = hace frío)(formaalne alus)در سخن از آب و هوا و فاصله و زمان بکار می رودil, ceהַשָעָה היא... הַיוֹם יוֹם...वाक्यांश प्रमुखता बतानाtosebagai subjek kalimat yang menyatakan keadaan cuaca, jarak, waktu dsbþað (óákv. frumlag)(soggetto di verbo impersonale)形式主語など(netulkojams teikuma priekšmets bezpersonas teikumā)digunakan sebagai subjek untuk ayat tertentuhetdet (foreløpig subjekt)(to)ele/aиспользуется в безличных предложениях(to)todetมัน(Not: hava durumu, uzaklık, zamandan bahsedilirken) o(作無人稱動詞的主語，表示時間、距離、氣候等)вживається як підмет безособового реченняکچھ جملوں میں فاعل کی طرح استعمال ہوتا ہےlàm chủ ngữ cho một vài loại câu nói về thời tiết, khoảng cách, thời gian...（作无人称动词的主语，表示时间、距离、气zur Betonung(se usa para dar énfasis a ciertas palabras o frases)justبرای تاکیدjuuriceזֶה, זאתtoadalahþað (óákv. frumlag og undanfari tilvís. fn.)(viene usato per introdurre una frase)強調文主語?강조 구문에서? 문장의 주어·목적어 강조tai(netulkojams uzsvērums)adalahhetdetto właśnie...ele/aэтоtotodetนั่น(Not: özel bir vurgulamada 'be' fiilinin öznesi) o(作先行代詞，用於表示強調的句型中)цеکسی فاعل کے طور پر تاکید کے لئےđó, điều đó（作先行代词，用于表示强调的句型中）

4 used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!ditضَمير المَفعول بِه غير العاقِلмеханична част от изречение, която почти няма значениеto[]das, diesτο (ως αντικείμενο)lo, la(formaalne sihitis)مفعول بدون معنی برخی از افعالçaאֶת-tosebagai objekþað(viene usato in alcune locuzioni idiomatiche)慣用句の目的語동사의 목적어(netulkojams papildinātāja locījums)sebagai objekzijn, haardetиспользуется с глаголом в качестве дополненияtoto[] också!นั่นNot: tümleç halinde kullanılır(用於某些動詞之後，詞義含糊，構成習語)як додаток утворює з деякими дієсловами ідіомиاسم ضمیر بجائے غیر شخصی فعلnó（用于某些动词之后，词义含糊，构成习sein,ihrτου (κτητικό)su, susselleحالت مالکیت؛ مال آنsenson, sa, sesשֶׁלו, שֶׁלָהउसका, इसकाnjegov-a, -e; -ja, -je; -át; -ét stb.miliknyaþess, sinn, sittsuo, sua, suoi, sueそれの그것의jo, jos, savotā; tās; savsmiliknyazijn (haar)sin, dens, detsswój, jegodele/alui, ei, lorсвой; его, еёsvoj, svoja, svojenjegov; svojsvojesin, sitt, dessของมันonun它的його, її, свійاس کاcủa nó它的

pron itself

1 used as the object of a verb or preposition when an object, animal etc is the object of an action it performs The cat looked at itself in the mirror; The cat stretched itself by the fire.ditselfنفسه: ضمير توكيد للمَفعول بهсебе сиse, sebesig selv; sigsichτον εαυτό τουa sí mismo, a sí mismaennastخودشitseäänlui-même, elle-mêmeאֶת עַצמו/עַצמָהअपने आप, स्वत:se(őt) magátdirinyasjálft, siglui stesso, lei stessa, se stesso, se stessa, siそれ自身を?동사·전치사의 목적어? 그 자신을[]savesev; sevidirinyazichzelfseg selv; segsię, siebieele mesmoel însuşi, ea însăşi; se, s-себяsa, sebasesesig, sig självตัวมันเองkendi, kendisi, kendisini它自己себе; собіکی رجعی شکل Itbản thân cái đó它自己

2 used to emphasize it or the name of an object, animal etc The house itself is quite small, but the garden is big.selfنَفسه: ضمير توكيد للفاعِلсамиятsám, sama, samoselveselbstαυτό το ίδιοen síiseبرای تاکیدitselui-même, elle-mêmeעַצמו/עַצמָהअपने आप, अपने आप हीono samomagaitu sendirisjálftstesso, stessaそれ自体?강조 용법? 그 자신[], 바로 그것patspats; patiitu sendirizelfselvesamem siînsuşi; propriu-zisсам по себеsám, sama, samosam na sebisamisjälv, självaตัวมันเองkendi, bizzat, bizzat kendi自身само, сам, самаکی تاکیدی شکل It(nhấn mạnh) bản thân nó自身

3 without help etc `How did the dog get in?' `Oh, it can open the gate itself.'ditبنفسِه، بدون مُساعَدَهсамsám, sama, samoselvselbstαπό μόνος μου, χωρίς βοήθειαél mismo, él solo, sin ayudaiseبه تنهاییitsetout seulבְּעַצמו, בְּעַצמָהअकेले, बिना किसी के सहायता केsebimagától, egyedülsendirisjálfur, hjálparlaustda solo, da sola自分で그것 스스로patspats; patidengan diri sendirialleenselv, uten hjelpsamele própriosingurсам, сама, самоsám, sama, samosamsamsjälvตัวมันเองkendi başına, kendisi, kendi kendine獨自самبغیر مددtự nó本身

its is an adjective or pronoun expressing possession: a cat and its kittens .

it's is short for it is or it has : It's raining heavily .