Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial)Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.

    There is three of them there.

Origin

From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Ger

From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”).

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Forms

ises, ising, ised, ised
Base formis · to is
3rd person singularises
Present participleising
Past simpleised
Past participleised

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyis
he, she, itises

Past simpleLesson

all personsised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ised
he, she, ithas ised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill is

Synonyms

2 synonyms
besbeeth

Word family

15 related words
RelatedamA1areA1artA1beA1beenA2beingA2wasA1wereA1beest
Derivedas-isis-aisnessisn'tiswastiswas

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
irrigationirritableirritateB1irritationB2isabellaish
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