"impersonal subject" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: impersonal subjects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} impersonal subject (plural impersonal subjects)
  1. a pronoun such as it used as the subject of a clause involving weather, distance, or time Translations (pronoun when used as subject): loos onderwerp [neuter] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-impersonal_subject-en-noun-i8Mi-fIv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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