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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
IT/ʌɪˈtiː/
abbreviation information technology.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
it1
pronoun [third person sing.]
  • 1 used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified.

    ■ referring to an animal or child of unspecified sex.

  • 2 used to identify a person.
  • 3 used in the normal subject position in statements about time, distance, or weather.
  • 4 used in the normal subject or object position when a more specific subject or object is given later in the sentence.
  • 5 used to emphasize a following part of a sentence.
  • 6 the situation or circumstances.
  • 7 exactly what is needed or desired.
  • 8 informal sexual intercourse or sex appeal.
  • 9 (in children's games) the player who has to catch the others.
– phrases
that's it
  • 1 that is the main point or difficulty.
  • 2 that is enough.
this is it the expected event is about to happen.
– origin OE hit, neut. of he, of Gmc origin.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
it2
noun Brit. informal, dated Italian vermouth.
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