It
pronoun
Used to refer to a thing, animal, or child previously mentioned or easily identified.
I found a jacket and put it on.
Often appears as...
- take it
- leave it
pronoun
Used to refer to any situation or condition.
If you see it as real, then it is real.
Often appears as...
- as it is
- remember it
pronoun
Used to represent an impersonal or abstract thing.
It is a nice day.
Often appears as...
- it seems
- it appears
pronoun
Used to emphasize a following part of a sentence.
It was you who said that.
Often appears as...
- it is him
- it was her
pronoun
Used to refer to a certain quality.
She has it in her to succeed.
Often appears as...
- keep it
- bring it
pronoun
Used to represent a person or animal in a game or role.
You're it in this game of tag.
Often appears as...
- you're it
- i'm it
Usage tips
Informal
Childish
pronoun
Used to refer to a thing, animal, or child previously mentioned or easily identified.
I found a jacket and put it on.
Often appears as...
- take it
- leave it
pronoun
Used to refer to any situation or condition.
If you see it as real, then it is real.
Often appears as...
- as it is
- remember it
pronoun
Used to represent an impersonal or abstract thing.
It is a nice day.
Often appears as...
- it seems
- it appears
pronoun
Used to emphasize a following part of a sentence.
It was you who said that.
Often appears as...
- it is him
- it was her
pronoun
Used to refer to a certain quality.
She has it in her to succeed.
Often appears as...
- keep it
- bring it
pronoun
Used to represent a person or animal in a game or role.
You're it in this game of tag.
Often appears as...
- you're it
- i'm it
Usage tips
Informal
Childish
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Pronoun Antecedent
Ensure 'it' refers to a specific noun already mentioned for clarity.
After buying the book, I read it.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Objects
'It' often replaces a noun that is a physical object within sight or discussion.
Can you hand me the calculator? I need it.
Pro Tip 1/2Pronoun Antecedent
Ensure 'it' refers to a specific noun already mentioned for clarity.
After buying the book, I read it.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Objects
'It' often replaces a noun that is a physical object within sight or discussion.
Can you hand me the calculator? I need it.
Pro Tip 1/2Pronoun Antecedent
Ensure 'it' refers to a specific noun already mentioned for clarity.
After buying the book, I read it.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Objects
'It' often replaces a noun that is a physical object within sight or discussion.
Can you hand me the calculator? I need it.
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Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager serve to remind us of just how hard it is for our relatively finite minds
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Questions No One Knows...
and some physicists think you can only un-baffle it if you imagine that huge numbers of parallel universes are being spawned every moment, and many of these universes would actually be very like the world we're in, would include multiple copies of you. In one such universe, you'd graduate with honors
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Genius: Aretha Chain of...
it's easier for a woman to be the help made of a king than it is for a man to be the helpmate of a queen don't let that queen thing go to your head i don't let that clean thing go wherever i wanted to time to change it and i want to keep changing with it
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Bill Gates: The next...
processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them. But that was never tried. So there was a lot that was missing. And these things are really a global failure.
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What are those floaty...
such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
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How math saved my life PIPE...
said he'd a clicker here sorry about that I didn't get it clicker sorry thank
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Beaver Lodge Construction...
Our infrared lights, however, are no longer welcome, it seems.
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The Unsinkable Lizard PIPE...
water without it there would be no life on earth
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What Lurks in the...
combined there's life here but not as we know it
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Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
on its journey it gathers an abundance of life
Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager serve to remind us of just how hard it is for our relatively finite minds
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
and some physicists think you can only un-baffle it if you imagine that huge numbers of parallel universes are being spawned every moment, and many of these universes would actually be very like the world we're in, would include multiple copies of you. In one such universe, you'd graduate with honors
Video examples
Genius: Aretha Chain of...
it's easier for a woman to be the help made of a king than it is for a man to be the helpmate of a queen don't let that queen thing go to your head i don't let that clean thing go wherever i wanted to time to change it and i want to keep changing with it
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them. But that was never tried. So there was a lot that was missing. And these things are really a global failure.
Video examples
What are those floaty...
such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
said he'd a clicker here sorry about that I didn't get it clicker sorry thank
Video examples
Beaver Lodge Construction...
Our infrared lights, however, are no longer welcome, it seems.
Video examples
The Unsinkable Lizard PIPE...
water without it there would be no life on earth
Video examples
What Lurks in the...
combined there's life here but not as we know it
Video examples
Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
on its journey it gathers an abundance of life
Example 1 of 10
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German Physicist
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
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British Statesman
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.
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American Businessman
Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.
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American Director
I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
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American Actor
I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.
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Thomas A. Edison
American Inventor
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
What you put into life is what you get out of it.
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Buddha
Leader
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Quote examples
Winston Churchill
British Statesman
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
Quote examples
Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.
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Woody Allen
American Director
I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
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Will Smith
American Actor
I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.
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Thomas A. Edison
American Inventor
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
What you put into life is what you get out of it.
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Buddha
Leader
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
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