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Note: Contraction only: "it is" or "it has".

It's

//ɪts//

Word Type

Contraction
Determiner

The word "it's" can be used as contraction and determiner.

Word Relationships

Derived From

it s

Inflected/Variant Forms

its

Synonym Network

tis

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.