Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Used as a modifier before a noun: The airline canceled its early flight to New York.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The possessive case of the neuter pronoun it. See it, 1 , and he I., C .
Wiktionary
- pro. rare The one (or ones) belonging to it.
- pro. Its is even rarer in double possessive constructions.
- n. Plural form of it.
GNU Webster's 1913
- Possessive form of pronoun
it . See it.
Etymologies
- From it + 's. (Wiktionary)
- Alteration of it's : it + -'s. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“HIYYYOOOOOOOOOO!...enjoy the snow and dont forget to dab on some Sex Panther..its made from bits of real panther, so you know its good. idiocracyisprophecy”
“Thinkofwhy…there is power in NUMBERS..and we have them out numbered…all its going to take are some cases with a high profile..a congressman/ or woman, a few actors etc… and things are going to change real soon..its already started, like a big boulder of truth going down hill..we MUST do our part and spread the word.”
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“I'm not sure the second screen would offer enough extra value..its like it can't decide if its a tablet or an ereader.”
“Intuit's recent announcement of its intention to acquire Mint, the largest of the free online personal-finance services, portends good things for consumers -- if the company can combine what's best about Mint and its own free online product, Quicken Online.”
“But, when its your only daughter..its still scary.”
“November 21, 2008 at 2:09 pm well….i know this is going to sound really gay but mr hyde and doctor jekill is like…one of my favorite books and im deeply angry that this isnt in it. its na old movie…but..its so great…really…why cant you edit the list and take out friday night lights and put in mr hyde and dr jekill?”
“Maybe I just have too much time on my hands today..its either surf the net or go outside and do some yard work while its almost 90 degrees..well this is fall for you in Arizona unfortunatly...”
“This is why it is utterly pointless for the BBC to go to all the trouble of wrapping DRM around its content - note, *its* content, not other people's - and inconveniencing most of the online world in the process:”
“And another thing…i also use the recipe there for the vanilla buttercream but whenever i do it, people say that its too rough..its as if you can feel the sugar morsels in your tongue…And also, the recipe says that in order to make the cream more thick, i should add sugar, but in turn, my family always complain that its so much sweet.”
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“Of the FSM creating itself in its own likeness right here on the 3rd rock…well of course ..not actually creating ..its not a photo of the factory”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘its’.
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Visuals
A list of words which yield surprising, beautiful, amusing, or otherwise noteworthy images here on Wordnik.
photochrom, fufluns, thank you, cool l..., postcard, picture postcard, cricket, physiological ill..., Gakuryū Ishii, ametropia, One Froggy Evening, rhodopsin, Santiago Calatrava and 636 more...
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
yours, yourself, yet, your, without, you, within, will, yourselves, would, why, with and 291 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3LW
3 letter words, not the girl band.
boggle and speed scrabble would not be half as fun without them.aah, boa, dot, fun, ick, log, oca, pyx, sos, was, aal, bob and 342 more...
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aparrish's Words
the, this, and, a, that, i, me, you, him, her, she, he and 96 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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burrito's Words
salubrious, peops, histrionic, thesaurus, judicious, word, husbandry, leverage, source, acronym, hominy, duplicitous and 5 more...
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Guano
As a teacher, I see a lot of misspellings. These are the words that drive me ________-________ crazy.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for its.
qroqqa A newcomer to the pronoun system, only arising around 1600. It does not occur in the Authorized Version of the Bible, for example, which continues to use the transitional form thereof. Jul 2, 2010
mollusque 'tisn't Apr 4, 2009
bilby Its not? Apr 4, 2009
jennarenn *Amazingly*, this word is not interchangeable with it's. Apr 3, 2009