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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
its/ɪts/
▶possessive determiner belonging to or associated with a thing previously mentioned or easily identified.
■ belonging to or associated with a child or animal of unspecified sex.
usage: In writing, be careful not to confuse the possessive its (as in turn the camera on its side) with the contraction it's (short for either it is or it has), as in it's my fault.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
it's/ɪts/
▶contraction
- 1 it is.
- 2 it has.
'its' also found in these Oxford entries:
aberration
- absolute value
- accident
- accounts payable
- accounts receivable
- ace
- acetic acid
- achiral
- ackee
- activated carbon
- active
- activity
- adaptation
- adder
- adenosine triphosphate
- aerial
- affix
- -age
- agrobiology
- ai
- aileron
- air brake
- airframe
- Albanian
- Algonquian
- Algonquin
- alkalic
- allied
- allium
- allochthonous
- alstroemeria
- alt.
- alternating current
- altruism
- ambassador
- amphetamine
- amplitude modulation
- amyl nitrate
- amyl nitrite
- analysis
- analytic
- anglerfish
- Anglo-Catholicism
- anise
- anomaly
- answering service
- antechinus
- anticyclone
- antique
- anti-roll bar
