Etymology : Middle English, from Old English hit; more at HE
Pronunciation : it, &t
Function : pronoun
Date : before 12th century
1. dog. cur. mutt.
2. general name for methods of calculating and processing information and data communications. proused to indicate something of uncertain gender (animal, object, abstraction, etc.) which has not yet been mentioned or has just been mentioned; used to indicate an action; used as a subject without an agent. it\it\ , pron. [oe. it, hit, as. hit; cf. d. het. ?181. see:
he.] the neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural (they, their or theirs, them).note: the possessive form its is modern, being rarely found in the writings of shakespeare and milton, and not at all in the original king james's version of the bible. during the transition from the regular his to the anomalous its, it was to some extent employed in the possessive without the case ending. see:
his, and he. in dryden's time its had become quite established as the regular form. the day present hath ever inough to do with it owne grief. --genevan test. do, child, go to it grandam, child. it knighthood shall do worse. it shall fright all it friends with borrowing letters. jonson.note: in the course of time, the nature of the neuter sign i in it, the form being found in but a few words, became misunderstood. instead of being looked upon as an affix, it passed for part of the original word. hence was formed from it the anomalous genitive it, superseding the saxon his. the fruit tree yielding fruit after his (its) kind. i.
3. it is used,.
4. as a substance for any noun of the neuter gender; as, here is the book, take it home.
5. as a demonstrative, especially at the beginning of a sentence, pointing to that which is about to be stated, named, or mentioned, or referring to that which apparent or well known; as, i saw it was john. it is i; be not afraid. xiv.
6. peter heard that it was the lord. i.
7. often, in such cases, as a substitute for a sentence or clause; as, it is thought he will come; it is wrong to do this.
8. as an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains.
9. as a substitute for such general terms as, the state of affairs, the condition of things, and the like; as, how is it with the sick man? think on me when it shall be well with thee. xl.
10. 5. as an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk). the lacedemonians, at the straits of thermopyl?, when their arms failed them, fought it out with nails and teeth. whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, if folly grows romantic, i must paint it.
11. bastard.
12. The neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural.
13. As a substance for any noun of the neuter gender; as, here is the book, take it home.
14. As a demonstrative, especially at the beginning of a sentence, pointing to that which is about to be stated, named, or mentioned, or referring to that which apparent or well known; as, I saw it was John.
15. As an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains.
16. As a substitute for such general terms as, the state of affairs, the condition of things, and the like; as, how is it with the sick man? As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it .
17. dog, cur, mutt, pooch. "dog; blackguard, scoundrel, cur, rascal, rogue, bastard, son of a bitch/gun". ,-ti.
18. dog.
19. vulg. son of a bitch, bastard. it i an, ta?y eline al/de?ne?i yanyna koy. proverb If you´re going to deal with an aggressive person, you ought to be ready for a fight. it e atsan yemez. colloq. It´s not fit even for a dog to eat. it boku eme yarady. vulg. He´s a shiftless bastard who won´t be any help at all. it canly tough and strong. it le/köpekle dala?maktan çalyyy dola?mak ye?dir. proverb It´s better to inconvenience oneself than to have a confrontation with a nasty person. it di?i domuz derisi. colloq. Since the one is as bad as the other, let´s just let them fight it out. it in/köpe?in duasy kabul/makbul olsa/olsaydy gökten kemik ya?ar/ya?ardy. proverb If scoundrels ran the world it would be uninhabitable for the rest of us. it gibi çaly?mak to work like a dog, work hard. it izi at izine kary?mak for a situation to be so confused that one can´t tell the good people from the worthless. it in kyçyna/götüne sokmak /y/ vulg. to insult (someone) by swearing crudely. it kyryntysy slang son of a bitch, bastard, jerk. it in kuyru?unda vulg. a hell of a lot of. it o?lu (it) vulg. son of a bitch, bastard. it e ot, ata et vermek/ it in önüne ot, atyn önüne et koymak to give the wrong things to the wrong people. it sürüsü.
20. pack of dogs.
21. bunch of scoundrels. it sürüsü kadar colloq. a whole pack (of them). it ürür, kervan yürür. proverb Progress cannot be stopped by the criticisms of scoundrels. it yata?y thieves´ hide-out. it le yatan bitle kalkar. proverb A person who associates with scoundrels will acquire their habits.
22. IT is an abbreviation for information technology. It is a third person singular pronoun. It is used as the subject or object of a verb, or as the object of a preposition.
23. You use it to refer to an object, animal, or other thing that has already been mentioned. It's a wonderful city, really. I'll show it to you if you want My wife has become crippled by arthritis. She is embarrassed to ask the doctor about it.
24. You use it to refer to a child or baby whose sex you do not know or whose sex is not relevant to what you are saying. She could, if she wanted, compel him, through a court of law, to support the child after it was born.
25. You use it to refer in a general way to a situation that you have just described. He was through with sports, not because he had to be but because he wanted it that way.
26. You use it before certain nouns, adjectives, and verbs to introduce your feelings or point of view about a situation. It was nice to see:
Steve again It seems that you are letting things get you down.
27. You use it in passive clauses which report a situation or event. It has been said that stress causes cancer.
28. You use it with some verbs that need a subject or object, although there is no noun that it refers to. Of course, as it turned out, three-fourths of the people in the group were psychiatrists.
29. You use it as the subject of `be', to say what the time, day, or date is. It's three o'clock in the morning It was a Monday, so she was at home.
30. You use it as the subject of a link verb to describe the weather, the light, or the temperature. It was very wet and windy the day I drove over the hill to Milland It's getting dark. Let's go inside.
31. You use it when you are telling someone who you are, or asking them who they are, especially at the beginning of a phone call. You also use it in statements and questions about the identity of other people. `Who is it?' he called. --- `It's your neighbor.' Hello Freddy, it's only me, Maxine.
32. emphasis When you are emphasizing or drawing attention to something, you can put that thing immediately after it and a form of the verb `be'. It was the country's rulers who devised this system.
33. You use it in expressions such as it's not that or it's not simply that when you are giving a reason for something and are suggesting that there are several other reasons. It's not that I didn't want to be with my family.
34. if it wasn't for: see:
be. Italy (in Internet addresses). information technology. information technology the study or use of electronic processes and equipment for storing information and making it available.
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