is
“is” is a Latin word. Its 10 meanings in English:
- this or that man, woman or thing; he, she, it, they (previously introduced)
- Picks up the subject or object after an intervening clause, to avoid repeating the relative pronoun quī, or substitutes syntactically fronted expressions
- that...which; he, she...who, it...that
- of such a nature, degree, kind (previously mentioned or implied)
- the following; of the following nature, degree, kind
- this or that [man, woman or thing] (as a noun phrase modifier)
- such a, that sort of
- Substituting a clause.
- As an internal accusative: for that reason, on that account
- Used in various prepositional phrases.
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