Meaning of is | Babel Free
[ˈɪs]Definitions
- this or that man, woman or thing; he, she, it, they (previously introduced)
- Picks up the subject or object after an intervening clause, to avoid repeating the relative pronoun quī, or substitutes syntactically fronted expressions
- that...which; he, she...who, it...that
- of such a nature, degree, kind (previously mentioned or implied)
- the following; of the following nature, degree, kind
- this or that [man, woman or thing] (as a noun phrase modifier)
- such a, that sort of
- Substituting a clause.
- As an internal accusative: for that reason, on that account
- Used in various prepositional phrases.
Examples
“eiusmodī sermōnēs”
talk of that kind
“[…] 'urbīs' an 'urbēs'. Nam cum id genus sīs, quod videō, ut sine iactūrā tuā peccēs, nihil perdēs utrum dīxeris. […] 'urbīs' or 'urbēs'. For as far as I can see, you're the kind of man who doesn't lose sleep over his mistakes; as such you'll lose nothing whichever one you use.”
“quod eius fierī possit”
as far as [any of that is] possible
“idque gaudeō”
and I'm glad about that
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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