it's

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪts/, SAMPA: /Its/

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• Rhymes: -ɪts
• Homophone: its

Etymology 1

Contraction of ‘it is’ or ‘it has’.

Contraction

it's

1. It is.

   It’s too expensive.

   It’s coming right for us!

2. It has.

   It’s been a long time since I’ve had cheesecake.

3. (colloquial) there's, there is; there're, there are

   It's a fine line between love and hate.

   It's a package for you by the door.

Usage notes

• See Usage under "its"

Synonyms

• (it is): ’tis

Translations

it is

Catalan: ell és (ca) Dutch: ’t is (nl) Finnish: se on (fi), on (fi) French: c'est (fr) German: es (de) ist (de) Greek: είναι (el) (eínai)

Hindi: यह है (hi), यह है (hi) (yahe hai) Italian: è (it) Japanese: です (desu) Portuguese: é (pt) Spanish: es (es) Swedish: det (sv) är (sv), den (sv) är

it has

Catalan: ell té (ca) Dutch: ’t heeft (nl), ’t is (nl) Greek: έχει (el) (échei) Italian: ha (it)

Portuguese: tem (pt) Spanish: ha (es) Swedish: det har (sv), den har

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Latvian: tas ir (lv), tā ir

Lithuanian: tai yra (lt)

Etymology 2

From it +‎ 's.

Adjective

it's

1. (now nonstandard) Alternative form of its.
   • 1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.43:

     The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it's end.

   • 1803, President Thomas Jefferson, Instructions to Captain Meriwether Lewis

     The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it, as, by it's course & communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean

Anagrams

• IST sit, STI, 'tis, TIS