Definitions for Is
ɪzis

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.1 / 24 votes

1. Iscontraction

   Contraction of I and is.

2. Etymology: 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
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   0B00, Persian یخ, Pashto جح, Ossetian их.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Is

   Etymology: is, Saxon.

   1. The third person singular of to be: I am, thou art, he is.

   He that is of God, heareth God's words. Jo. viii. 47.

   Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil; neither is it in them to do good. Jer. x. 5.

   My thought, whose murther yet is but fantastical,
   Shakes so my single state of man, that function
   Is smother'd in surmise; and nothing is,
   But what is not. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   2. It is sometimes expressed by 's.

   There 's some among you have beheld me fighting. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. is

   "is" is a verb that typically serves as the third-person singular present tense form of the verb "be." It indicates the state of existence, identity, or quality of a person, thing, or entity, implying that it exists or is happening at the present moment or has a certain nature or characteristic.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.1 / 14 votes

1. Isverb

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

2. Etymology: [AS. is; akin to G. & Goth. ist, L. est, Gr. , Skr. asti. 9. Cf. Am, Entity, Essence, Absent.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.9 / 7 votes

1. is

   .is is the top-level domain for Iceland. The country code is derived from the first two letters of Ísland, which is the Icelandic word for Iceland. Registration of .is domains is open to all persons and companies without any special restriction. The very first .is domain, hi.is, is the domain of University of Iceland. It was registered on December 11, 1986, making it one of the earliest ever domain registrations. According to McAfee report "Mapping the Mal Web", .is has been evaluated as one of the top 10 most secure TLDs in the world in year 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. No report has come out since then. As of September 2012 there were about 40,000 registered .is domains.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. Is

   iz, third pers. sing. pres. of be. [A.S. is; Ger. ist, L. est, Gr. esti, Sans. asti—as, to be.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:2.2 / 5 votes

1. is

   A form of the word be.

   The word " is " = a form of the word be.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 22, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Is' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #7

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Is' in Written Corpus Frequency: #14

Anagrams for Is »

1. si

2. Si

3. SI

How to pronounce Is?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Is in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Is in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Is in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Is
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Is
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Is
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Is
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Is