English Explanatory Dictionary

its

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. Belonging to it.
pron
  1. The one (or ones) belonging to it.
contraction
  1. Obsolete spelling of it's.
noun
  1. plural of it
noun
  1. Initialism of issue tracking system.
  2. Initialism of intelligent transportation system.

Pronunciation

/ɪts/ /ɪʔ.s/ en-us-its.ogg

Word forms

its it's

Etymology

Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s.

Related words

their theirs

Derived words

itsself whatsitsname
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