Definition of IT

it

Meanings

Plural: its, them, they

Noun

  • the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
  • One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
  • The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
  • A game of tag.
  • A desirable characteristic, as being fashionable.
  • Sexual intercourse.
  • Sex appeal.
  • Alternative letter-case form of It (“force in the vitalist approach of Georg Groddeck”).
  • Alternative letter-case form of It (“the id”).

Pron

  • The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
  • A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.
  • A third-person singular pronoun used to refer to an unspecified person.
  • An affectionate third-person singular personal pronoun.
  • A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or non-binary.
  • Refers to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
  • The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy it or weather it).
  • The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
  • Referring to a desirable quality or ability, or quality of being successful, fashionable or in vogue.
  • The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
  • Referring to sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.
  • The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
  • Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond physical appearance.
  • The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it 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 subordinating conjunction.
  • All or the end; something after which there is no more.
  • Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.

Det

  • Its.

Adj

  • Most fashionable, popular, or in vogue.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English it, hit ( > dialectal English hit (“it”)), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-West Germanic *hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with West Frisian it (“it”), Saterland Frisian et, 't (“it”), Dutch het (“it”), Low German it (“it”), German es (“it”). Compare also Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰 (ita, “it”), Latin cis (“on this”), hic (“this”). More at he.

Synonyms

information technology

Scrabble Score: 2

it is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
it is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
it is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 2

it is a valid Words With Friends word