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Definitions for Its

[1] the possessive form of it1 (used as an attributive adjective): The book has lost its jacket. I'm sorry about its being so late.
[2] (used to represent an inanimate thing understood, previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context): It has whitewall tires and red upholstery. You can't tell a book by its cover.
[3] (used to represent a person or animal understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned whose gender is unknown or disregarded): It was the largest ever caught off the Florida coast. Who was it? It was John. The horse had its saddle on.
[4] (used to represent a group understood or previously mentioned): The judge told the jury it must decide two issues.
[5] (used to represent a concept or abstract idea understood or previously stated): It all started with Adam and Eve. He has been taught to believe it all his life.
[6] (used to represent an action or activity understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned): Since you don't like it, you don't have to go skiing.
[7] (used as the impersonal subject of the verb to be, especially to refer to time, distance, or the weather): It is six o'clock. It is five miles to town. It was foggy.
[8] (used in statements expressing an action, condition, fact, circumstance, or situation without reference to an agent): If it weren't for Edna, I wouldn't go.
[9] (used in referring to something as the origin or cause of pain, pleasure, etc.): Where does it hurt? It looks bad for the candidate.
[10] (used in referring to a source not specifically named or described): It is said that love is blind.
[11] (used in referring to the general state of affairs; circumstances, fate, or life in general): How's it going with you?
[12] (used as an anticipatory subject or object to make a sentence more eloquent or suspenseful or to shift emphasis): It is necessary that you do your duty. It was a gun that he was carrying.
[13] Informal . (used instead of the pronoun its before a gerund): It having rained for only one hour didn't help the crops.
[14] (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
[15] Slang . sex appeal. sexual intercourse.
[16] sweet vermouth: gin and it.
[17] contraction of it is: It's starting to rain.
[18] contraction of it has: It's been a long time.
[19] of, belonging to, or associated in some way with it its left rear wheel (as pronoun ) each town claims its is the best
[20] information technology
[21] it is or it has
[22] refers to a nonhuman, animal, plant, or inanimate thing, or sometimes to a small baby it looks dangerous ; give it a bone
[23] refers to an unspecified or implied antecedent or to a previous or understood clause, phrase, etc it is impossible ; I knew it
[24] used to represent human life or experience either in totality or in respect of the present situation how's it going? ; I've had it ; to brazen it out
[25] used as a formal subject (or object), referring to a following clause, phrase, or word it helps to know the truth ; I consider it dangerous to go on
[26] used in the nominative as the formal grammatical subject of impersonal verbs. When it functions absolutely in such sentences, not referring to any previous or following clause or phrase, the context is nearly always a description of the environment or of some physical sensation it is raining ; it hurts
[27] (used as complement with be) informal the crucial or ultimate point the steering failed and I thought that was it
[28] (in children's games) the player whose turn it is to try to touch another Compare he 1 (def. 5b)
[29] informal sexual intercourse sex appeal
[30] informal a desirable quality or ability he's really got it
[31] Italy

Words related to Its

owned, attractiveness, allure, appeal, interest, sexiness, glamour, charisma, charm, magnetism, magic, beauty, grace, mine, enthrallment, bait, draw, endearment, tendency, gravitation

Words nearby Its

itinerate, itn, ito, ito's nevus, itp, its, itself, itsukushima, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, itu

Origin of Its

21930–35; It(alian vermouth)

Words that may be confused with Its

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Word origin for Its

Old English hit

Synonyms for Its

owned, mine, endemic, hers, his, individual, inherent, intrinsic, particular, peculiar, personal, private, resident, theirs, very own, yours