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Dictionary: is   (ĭz) pronunciation
v.
Third person singular present indicative of be.

[Middle English, from Old English.]


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It is common to distinguish the ‘is’ of identity (Mount Everest is Chomolungma); the ‘is’ of predication (Jones is a bore); and the ‘is’ of existence (there is a life after death). In the treatment of propositions of this complexity in the predicate calculus there is no symbolism common to these three, and the theory of why a natural language such as English finds a common element is not at all certain. It seems quite possible to present the same information without any such common element: Jones bores; life after death exists.

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"IS", "Is," or "is" may refer to:

Words

Words formed from the letters "is" include:

  • "is-" (Greek isos), a prefix similar to "iso-", meaning equal, homogeneous, or uniform
  • "is" (plural "ises"), anything factual, empirical, actual, or spatiotemporal, in is-ought philosophy
  • "is", the Anglo-Saxon form of the rune [[Isaz]]
  • Is (verb), the third-person singular form of "to be" in the English language
  • I"s, a manga by Masakazu Katsura with main characters Ichitaka and Iori
  • Is or Hīt, an Iraqi town on the Euphrates
  • Is or Ys (also Ker-Ys or Ville d'Is), a mythical city of 5th-century Brittany
  • Is or I's, plural of any of several meanings of "I", particularly:
  • i\,s, imaginary units in the complex number system
  • {\hat{\imath}}s, unit vectors along the x-axis

Abbreviations

As a two-letter abbreviation, "IS", "Is", or "is" may refer to:

See also

  • E-Prime, a modified English syntax and vocabulary lacking all forms of "to be"
  • Klingon language, a fictional language in the Star Trek universe lacking the verb "to be"
  • Lexus IS a performance sedan from Lexus
  • Orang Asli, a Malaysian people whose language lacks the verb "to be"
  • Sioux languages, some of which lack the verb "to be"

Translations: Is
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Dansk (Danish)
abbr. - ø, øerne

abbr. - Esajas

Français (French)
v. infl. - être (au présent, 3ème pers. du sing.)

idioms:

  • as is    tel que, d'occasion (meuble)
  • as it is    en l'état actuel

Deutsch (German)
v. infl. - 3. Person Singular Präsens vom Verb "be"

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - είναι

abbr. - νήσος

Italiano (Italian)
isola

Português (Portuguese)
v. - é ou está (verbo to be)
abbr. - Isaiah, ilha (f), ilhota (f)

Русский (Russian)
"быть" (3-е лицо единственное число настоящего времени)

Español (Spanish)
v. infl. - es o está

idioms:

  • as is    como si
  • as it is    tal como es

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - 3 pers. sg. pres. av be
abbr. - Island(s), Isle(s)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
是, 中间系统, 以塞亚书

是 - "be" (he is, she is, etc.), 冰岛

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 中間系統, 以塞亞書

v. infl. - 是 - "be" ("he is", "she is", etc.)
abbr. - 冰島

한국어 (Korean)
abbr. - island isle의 약자, 섬

abbr. - Isaiah Island의 약자, 이사야섬

עברית (Hebrew)
abbr. - ‮הינו, הינה (של הפועל eb), (קיצור) אי‬
abbr. - ‮אי(ים), (קיצור) ישעיה‬


 
 

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