"dummy pronoun" meaning in English

See dummy pronoun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dummy pronouns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dummy pronoun (plural dummy pronouns)
  1. (grammar) A pronoun used to fulfill a syntactic role rather than one with a specific referent. For example, the "it" in "It's raining". Wikipedia link: dummy pronoun Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: dummy it, weather it
    Sense id: en-dummy_pronoun-en-noun-dL4tsDYc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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