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Is

//ɘz// name, noun, pron, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Islamic State. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Interior Salish. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of i's. alt-of, alternative, rare
  2. 2
    Initialism of International Sign. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    plural of I form-of, plural
  4. 4
    Initialism of information system(s). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of Islands (also Is.) abbreviation, alt-of
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  1. 6
    Initialism of international studies. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of implementation shortfall. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Pronoun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of us (“me”). Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of be form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

    "He is a doctor."

  2. 2
    Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural. colloquial

    "There is three of them there."

  3. 3
    present indicative of be; am, are, is. dialectal, form-of, indicative, present

    "Let the whole world know we's on some off-key tip"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with West Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Yiddish איז (iz, “is”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es. Further cognates include, among others, Latin est, Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Sanskrit अस्ति (asti), Persian است (ast), Russian есть (jestʹ), all with the same meaning.

Etymology 2

Alternative pronunciation of us.

Etymology 3

From i + -s.

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