Meaning

7 senses
  1. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.

  2. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.

    In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…

    Tag, you're it!

    Fänger

    во́даvóda

  3. (UK)A game of tag.

    Let's play it at breaktime.

  4. (informal)A desirable characteristic, as being fashionable.

    Man, he's really got it.

    She's the it girl, at least for this Fall.

  5. (informal)Something desirable or suitable.

    Bro, that shirt is not it.

  6. (informal)Sexual intercourse.

    OMG, they were doing it in the storage room.

  7. (informal)Sex appeal.

    She really has it going on.

More definitions
  • the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information

Examples

106449 sentences
  1. Take a book and read it.

    Візьми книгу та прочитай її! — aandrusiak

    ruВозьми книгу и прочитай её! — al_ex_an_der

    deNimm ein Buch und lies es! — MUIRIEL

  2. Did you read it at all?

    Ти це взагалі читав? — deniko

    ruТы это вообще читал? — sharptoothed

    deHast du es überhaupt gelesen? — RandomUsername

  3. Who did you give it to?

    Кому ти це дав? — deniko

    ruКому ты его дал? — Selena777

    deWem hast du es gegeben? — tokre

  4. What did you open it with?

    Чим ти його відкрив? — deniko

    ruЧем ты её открыла? — sigavax

    deWomit hast du es geöffnet? — Espi

  5. What is it that you want?

    Чого саме ви хочете? — deniko

    ruЧего ты хочешь? — shanghainese

    deWas willst du? — MUIRIEL

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
The person who chases others in the game of tag:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
The person who chases others in the game of tag:

Origin

From Middle English it, hit ( > dialectal English hit (“it”)), from Old English hit (“it”)

From Middle English it, hit ( > dialectal English hit (“it”)), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-West Germanic *hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here; here”).

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Forms

plural: its

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information:information technology

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
it — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto