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- Island(s).
- Isle(s).
IS[IS]✕PlayABBREVIATION- Iceland (international vehicle registration).
ORIGINfrom Icelandic Ísland.be[bē]✕PlayVERBis (third person present) · is (third person present)- (there is/are)exist:"there are no easy answers" ·"there once was a man" · "there must be something wrong" · "I think, therefore I am"synonyms:exist · have being · have existence · live · be alive · have life · breathe · draw breath · be extant · be viable
- be present:"there is a boy sitting on the step" ·"there were no curtains around the showers" · "are there any castles in this area?"synonyms:be present · be around · be available · be near · be nearby · be at hand
- occur; take place:"the exhibition will be in November" ·"the opening event is on October 16" · "that was before the war"synonyms:occur · happen · take place · come about · arise · crop up · transpire · fall · materialize · ensue · come to pass · befall · betide
- occupy a position in space:"the Salvation Army store was on his left" ·"she was not at the window"synonyms:be situated · be located · be found · be present · be set · be positioned · be placed · be installed
- stay in the same place or condition:"he's a tough customer—let him be" ·"she was here until about ten-thirty"
- attend:"the days when she was in school"
- come; go; visit:"he's from Missouri" ·"I have just been to Thailand" · "the doctor's been here twice today"
- having the state, quality, identity, nature, role, etc., specified:"Amy was 91" ·"the floor was uneven" · "I want to be a teacher" · "father was not well" · "it will be Christmas soon" · "“Be careful,” Mr. Carter said" · "his hair's brown"
- cost:"the tickets were $25"
- amount to:"one and one is two" ·"two sixes are twelve"
- represent:"let A be a square matrix of order n"
- signify:"we were everything to each other"
- consist of; constitute:"the monastery was several three-story buildings"
- informalsay:"when I got there, they were like “What are you doing here?”"
ORIGINOld English bēon, an irregular and defective verb, whose full conjugation derives from several originally distinct verbs. The forms am and is are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sum and est. The forms was and were are from an Indo-European root meaning ‘remain’. The forms be and been are from an Indo-European root shared by Latin fui ‘I was’, fio ‘I become’, and Greek phuein ‘bring forth, cause to grow’. The origin of are is uncertain.I[ī]✕PlayNOUNIs (plural noun) · is (plural noun)- the ninth letter of the alphabet.
- denoting the next after H in a set of items, categories, etc.
- the Roman numeral for one.
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“present tense third-person singular of be.”The definition of the word “is,” according to Webster’s Dictionary, is: “present tense third-person singular of be.” Obviously.www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/politics/tbt-clinton-grand-jury-testimony/index.html- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/is
Definition of is- (Entry 4 of 4) 1 : equal : homogeneous : uniform isentropic. 2 : isomeric isocyanate. 3 : for or from different individuals of the same species isoagglutinin.
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British Dictionary definitions for is (1 of 5) is1 / ( ɪz) / verb (used with he, she, it, and with singular nouns) a form of the present tense (indicative mood) of be 1 Word Origin for is Old English; …
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is. v. Third person singular present indicative of be. [Middle English, from Old English; see es- in Indo-European roots .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. …
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Definition of word (Entry 1 of 2) 1 a (1) : a speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units …
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1 a: a statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol dictionary definitions b : a statement expressing the essential nature of something c : a product of defining
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“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the—if he—if ‘is’ means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true...
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word (wûrd) n. 1. A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a …
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