it

it is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

issue - it - item

Pronunciation

• (stressed): enPR: ĭt, IPA ^(key): /ɪt/, SAMPA: /It/

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• (unstressed) enPR: ət, IPA ^(key): /ət/, SAMPA: /@t/

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Pronoun

Pronoun it

1. (personal) Used to refer to an object that might have been described earlier in the text.

   The house was very big. It had many rooms.

2. Used to describe the weather.

   It is very hot today.

   I'm staying in because it is raining.

3. Used to describe a situation in general.

   I don't like it when people tell me to do something.

   It is hard to find a job.

   It wasn't easy knowing where the ball would go.

		Singular					Plural
		Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive	Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive
First		I	me	my	mine	myself	we	us	our	ours	ourselves
Second		you	you	your	yours	yourself	you	you	your	yours	yourselves
Third	Feminine	she	her	her	hers	herself	they	them	their	theirs	themselves
	Masculine	he	him	his	his	himself
	Impersonal	it	it	its	its	itself

Abbreviation

Abbreviation it

1. Italy or Italian.

Initialism

Initialism IT

1. Information Technology, i.e. the use of computers.

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