it's
Pronunciation Synonyms
  • (it is) ’tis
Translations
  • French: c'est
  • German: es ist
  • Italian: è
  • Portuguese: é
  • Russian: э́то
  • Spanish: es
Translations
  • Italian: ha
  • Portuguese: tem
  • Russian: иметь
  • Spanish: ha
Determiner
  1. (now nonstandard) Alternative form of its
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 43, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book I, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
      The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it’s end.
    • 1787, United States Constitution, Article One of the United States Constitution:
      No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws[.]
    • 1803, President Thomas Jefferson, Instructions to Captain Meriwether Lewis:
      The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it, as, by it’s course & communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean.



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