Definitions for ISɪz

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

isɪz(v.)

  1. Ref: 3rd pers. sing. pres. indic. of be 1

Origin of is:

bef. 900; ME, OE; c. ON es, er, Go ist, L est, Gk estí, OCS jestĭ, Skt asti

is-

  1. isentropic.

    Category: Affix

    Ref: var. of iso- 3 before a vowel:

Is.

  1. Isaiah.

    Category: Bible

  2. island.

  3. isle.

is.

  1. island.

  2. isle.

    Category: Geography (terms)

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. isɪz

    ***the present tense of "be"

    ***He is a very kind person.

Wiktionary

  1. Is(Contraction)

    Contraction of I and is.

  2. Origin: From īsan, from ei-. Cognate with Old Frisian is, Old Saxon is, Dutch ijs, Old High German is (German Eis), Old Norse íss (Swedish is). There are parallels in many Iranian languages, apparently from the same Indo-European root: Avestan 0B000B090B110B00, Persian یخ, Pashto جح, Ossetian их.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Is(verb)

    the third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be


Translations for IS

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

out of(adjective)

from inside

He took it out of the bag.

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