says…
Words and sentences
it
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- The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
- A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.
- (obsolete) An affectionate third-person singular personal pronoun.
- A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or non-binary.
- Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy it or weather it).
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
- Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond physical appearance.
- The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
- All or the end; something after which there is no more.
- (obsolete) Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.
is
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- third-person singular simple present indicative of be
- (colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.
- present indicative of be; am, are, is.
the
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- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- (colloquial) Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used with an adjective
- Used with an adjective
- Used with an adjective
capital
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- Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
- Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
- A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- The most important city in the field specified.
- An uppercase letter.
- Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
- The chief or most important thing.
of
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- Expressing distance or motion.
- (obsolete) Expressing distance or motion.
- Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- Expressing separation.
- Expressing separation.
- (obsolete) Expressing separation.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing origin.
- Expressing agency.
- Expressing agency.
- Expressing agency.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Expressing composition, substance.
- Introducing subject matter.
- Introducing subject matter.
- Introducing subject matter.
- Having partitive effect.
- Having partitive effect.
- Having partitive effect.
- Having partitive effect.
- Expressing possession.
- Expressing possession.
- Expressing possession.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- (informal) Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- Expressing a point in time.
- Expressing a point in time.
- Expressing a point in time.
- Expressing a point in time.
- (informal) Expressing a point in time.
State
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- A current governing polity.
- The current governing polity under which the speaker lives.