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Meaning of is | Babel Free

Pronoun feminine CEFR C2
[ˈɪs]

Definitions

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

Equivalents

English degree kind kind

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.
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