Is

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To be is to exist, or to take place. As Hamlet best put it: "To be or not to be, that is the question."

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The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be.


v. i.
The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be.


Is

Is , v. i. [AS. is; akin to G. & Goth. ist, L. est, Gr. , Skr. asti. . Cf. Am, Entity, Essence, Absent.] The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be. &hand; In some varieties of the Northern dialect of Old English, is was used for all persons of the singular.
For thy is I come, and eke Alain.
Aye is thou merry.
&hand; The idiom of using the present for future events sure to happen is a relic of Old English in which the present and future had the same form; as, this year Christmas is on Friday.
To-morrow is the new moon.

The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be.

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Usage Examples
Misspelled Form

Is, Is, s, Is, Ias, Iws, Ies, Ids, Ixs, Izs, Ia, Iw, Ie, Id, Ix, Iz, Isa, Isw, Ise, Isd, Isx, Isz.