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is

verb
/ɪz/CA/ɘz/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Germanic *isti Proto-West Germanic *ist Old English is Middle English is English is 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.

  1. inherited from *h₁ésti✻
  2. derived from *wesaną✻
  3. inherited from *isti✻
  4. inherited from *ist✻
  5. inherited from is
  6. inherited from is

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of be

    • He is a doctor.
    • "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."
    • "It's not two weeks yet," I reminded her, hoping that might somehow cheer her. […] "Tomorrow is two weeks," Ruth said in a distant voice, staring into the flames.

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

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

    • There is three of them there.
    • Ber. There is five in the firſt ſhew, / Ken. You are deceiued, tis not so.

  3. present indicative of be

    present indicative of be; am, are, is.

    • Let the whole world know we's on some off-key tip
    • "Them niggas shot my girl, yo! And I ain't gonna sleep until all of them niggas is dead!" RJ hissed.
    • "Y'all is some disorganized niggahs," Mama Byrd said.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. Alternative spelling of us (“me”).

    2. Alternative form of i's.

    3. Initialism of Islamic State.

    4. Initialism of Interior Salish.

    5. Initialism of International Sign.

    6. Initialism of information system(s).

    7. Initialism of international studies.

    8. Initialism of implementation shortfall.

    9. plural of I

    10. Abbreviation of Islands (also Is.)

The neighborhood

  • synonymbeeth
  • synonymbes
  • neighboramSee also
  • neighborareSee also
  • neighborartSee also
  • neighborbeSee also
  • neighborbeenSee also
  • neighborbeestSee also
  • neighborbeingSee also
  • neighborwasSee also
  • neighborwastSee also
  • neighborwereSee also
  • neighborwertSee also

Derived

as-is, is-a, isness, isn't, iswas, tiswas

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for is. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA