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Meaning of is | Babel Free

Pronoun feminine CEFR A2
[ˈɪs]

Definitions

  1. this or that man, woman or thing; he, she, it, they (previously introduced)
    demonstrative, pronoun
  2. Picks up the subject or object after an intervening clause, to avoid repeating the relative pronoun quī, or substitutes syntactically fronted expressions
    demonstrative, pronoun
  3. that...which; he, she...who, it...that
    anaphoric, demonstrative, pronoun
  4. of such a nature, degree, kind (previously mentioned or implied)
    anaphoric, demonstrative, pronoun
  5. the following; of the following nature, degree, kind
    demonstrative, pronoun
  6. this or that [man, woman or thing] (as a noun phrase modifier)
    demonstrative, determiner, pronoun
  7. such a, that sort of
    demonstrative, pronoun
  8. Substituting a clause.
    demonstrative, pronoun
  9. As an internal accusative: for that reason, on that account
    demonstrative, pronoun
  10. Used in various prepositional phrases.
    demonstrative, pronoun

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

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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