1. (pron.)it (used to represent an inanimate thing understood, previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context): It was broken. You can't tell a book by its cover.
2. it (used to represent a person or animal understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned whose gender is unknown or disregarded): Who was it? It was John.
3. it (used to represent a group understood or previously mentioned): The judge told the jury it could recess.
4. it (used to represent a concept or abstractidea understood or previously stated): It all started with Adam and Eve.
5. it (used to represent an action or activity understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned): Since you don't like it, you don't have to go skiing.
6. it (used as the impersonal subject of the verbto be,esp. to refer to time, distance, or the weather): It is six o'clock. It was foggy.
7. it (used in statements expressing an action, condition, fact, circumstance, or situation without reference to an agent): If it weren't for Edna, I wouldn't go.
8. it (used in referring to something as the origin or cause of pain, pleasure, etc.): Where does it hurt?
9. it (used in referring to a source not specifically named or described): It is said that love is blind.
10. it (used in referring to the generalstate of affairs or life in general): How's it going with you?
11. it (used as an anticipatory subject or object to make a sentencemore eloquent or suspenseful or to shift emphasis): It is necessary that you do your duty. It was a gun that he was carrying.
12. it (used in referring to a critical event that has finally happened or is about to happen): The lights went out. We thought, this is it!
13. it Informal. (used instead of the pronounits before a gerund or present participle): It having rained for only one hour didn't help the crops.
14. (n.)it (in children's games) the player who is to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who mustcatch the others.
1. (pronoun)it refers to sb or sth already mentioned "Are you going to the concert?" "Yeah, it starts at 8, right?"; If you've ever been diving you'll know how amazing it is.
2. it refers to a non-specific subject or object It's terrible the way he talks to her.; I used to love it when the whole family got together.; It seems so unfair that she can't go.
3. it it appears/looks/seems refers to a situation It's hard bringing children up on your own.
4. it refers to the weather I see it's raining again.; Does it snow where you live?
5. it refers to the time or date It's just after five o'clock.; When is it time to leave?; It'll be January in a few days.
6. it refers to distance Is it a long way to walk?; It's 300 miles to the coast.
7. it emphasizes a part of what you are saying It's not me I'm worried about, it's you.
8. it used to say who sb is It's Mike on the phone.; Hi, it's me!
9. (abbreviation)IT information technology; the use and organization of computers to store and communicate information, etc. He works in IT.
3. it as a demonstrative, especially at the beginning of a sentence, pointing to that which is about to be stated, named, or mentioned, or referring to that which apparent or well known; as, I saw it was John
4. it as an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains
Sense: (used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.
Definitions of it 
Afrikaans: dit
Arabic: ضَمير يُشير إلى المُفْرَد
Bulgarian: то
Brazilian: o/a
Czech: to, ono
German: es
Danish: det; den
Greek: αυτό, το
Spanish: él; ella; ello (sujeto); 
Estonian: see
Farsi: آن
Finnish: se
French: il, elle, le, la, lui
Hebrew: הוּא, הִיא
Hindi: यह, वह
Croatian: ono
Hungarian: az(t)
Indonesian: hal itu
Icelandic: það, (hann, hún)
Italian: lo, la; ciò
Japanese: それは
Korean: 그것이(은), 그것을(에)
Lithuanian: jis, ji, tai
Latvian: tas; tā; to; tam; tai
Malay: ia
Dutch: het, hij, zij
Norwegian: den, det
Polish: to, ono
Persian: آن
Pashto: هغه
Portuguese: o/a
Romanian: (pe) el/ea,îl, o, -l, -o
Russian: оно; то
Slovak: to, ono
Slovenian: ono, to
Serbian: to
Swedish: den, det
Thai: คำสรรพนามใช้แทนสัตว์ สิ่ง
Turkish: o, onu, ona
Taiwanese: 它
Ukrainian: він; його; цього
Urdu: زیر بحث شخص مذکور یا شے ک
Vietnamese: cái đó
Chinese: 它
