"is" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "as-is"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "isness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "isn't"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "iswas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "'tis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tiswas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "enm:is<id:be>",
        "id": "be",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Germanic *isti\nProto-West Germanic *ist\nOld English is\nMiddle English is\nEnglish is\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*isti\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*ist\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"is\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"is\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"is\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-id=\"be\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"is\" id=\"English:_be\">",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "is"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English is",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "is"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English is",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*ist"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ist",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*isti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *isti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wesaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to be"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁ésti",
        "4": "",
        "5": "is"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "is",
        "3": "",
        "4": "is"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian is (“is”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "is",
        "3": "",
        "4": "is"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch is (“is”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ist",
        "3": "",
        "4": "is"
      },
      "expansion": "German ist (“is”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "איז",
        "3": "",
        "4": "is"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish איז (iz, “is”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "is",
        "3": "",
        "4": "am, are, is"
      },
      "expansion": "Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "är"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish är",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse er",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sum",
        "3": "est"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin est",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐστί"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "अस्ति"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अस्ति (asti)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "است",
        "3": "",
        "tr": "ast"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian است (ast)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "есть"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian есть (jestʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁es-\nProto-Indo-European *h₁ésti\nProto-Germanic *isti\nProto-West Germanic *ist\nOld English is\nMiddle English is\nEnglish is\nFrom Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”).\nCognate with West Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Yiddish איז (iz, “is”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es.\nFurther cognates include, among others, Latin est, Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Sanskrit अस्ति (asti), Persian است (ast), Russian есть (jestʹ), all with the same meaning.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ees",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'s",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iz",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "verb forms"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "am"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "are"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "art"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "be"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "been"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "beest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "being"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "was"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "wast"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "were"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 10 41",
      "sense": "See also",
      "word": "wert"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "22 20 30 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English 2-letter words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 18 28 18 15",
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          "name": "English calculator words",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 12 44",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 10 46",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 5 44 6 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 10 41 5 36",
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          "_dis": "40 11 39 4 6",
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        },
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          "_dis": "19 4 18 1 2 1 4 16 1 3 19 0 5 1 1 2 3",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "text": "He is a doctor.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              45,
              47
            ],
            [
              49,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1999 January 8, Ken Starr, quoting Bill Clinton, Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr in Conformity with the Requirements of Title 28, United States Code, Section 595(c) (Starr Report), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, retrieved 14 Feb 2020, page 176:",
          "text": "\"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              93,
              95
            ],
            [
              124,
              126
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2012, Robert Moore, Where the Gold is Buried, a legend of Old Fort Niagara, →ISBN, page 137:",
          "text": "\"It's not two weeks yet,\" I reminded her, hoping that might somehow cheer her. […] \"Tomorrow is two weeks,\" Ruth said in a distant voice, staring into the flames.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "be"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular simple present indicative of be"
      ],
      "id": "en-is-en-verb-E-5DdXuZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "44 12 44",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 11 39 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
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              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "text": "There is three of them there.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              13
            ],
            [
              64,
              66
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 141, column 2:",
          "text": "Ber. There is five in the firſt ſhew, / Ken. You are deceiued, tis not so.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural."
      ],
      "id": "en-is-en-verb-WCq-xf9c",
      "links": [
        [
          "there",
          "there#English"
        ],
        [
          "here",
          "here#English"
        ],
        [
          "where",
          "where#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "45 10 46",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 5 44 6 42",
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          "_dis": "9 10 41 5 36",
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          "_dis": "19 4 18 1 2 1 4 16 1 3 19 0 5 1 1 2 3",
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        }
      ],
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            [
              27,
              29
            ]
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          "ref": "2001, “Witness (1 Hope)”, in Run Come save me, performed by Roots Manuva:",
          "text": "Let the whole world know we's on some off-key tip",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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              80,
              82
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            [
              94,
              96
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2012, Trae Macklin, Flippin' The Hustle:",
          "text": "\"Them niggas shot my girl, yo! And I ain't gonna sleep until all of them niggas is dead!\" RJ hissed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ],
            [
              16,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013, Tu-Shonda Whitaker, The Ex Factor, page 270:",
          "text": "\"Y'all is some disorganized niggahs,\" Mama Byrd said.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              30
            ]
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          "ref": "2016, “Don't Hurt Yourself”, in Lemonade, performed by Beyoncé:",
          "text": "Who the fuck do you think I is? / You ain't married to no average bitch, boy",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2022, “Plan B”, performed by Megan Thee Stallion:",
          "text": "Nigga, yeah, you's a bitch",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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            [
              48,
              50
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            [
              79,
              81
            ]
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          "ref": "2023, “Barbie World”, in Barbie: The Album, performed by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice:",
          "text": "Like Jazzie, Stacie, Nicki / All of the Barbies is pretty / All of the Barbies is bad",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "am, are, is",
          "word": "be"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present indicative of be; am, are, is."
      ],
      "id": "en-is-en-verb-uQnmUn1W",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ],
        [
          "am",
          "am"
        ],
        [
          "are",
          "are"
        ],
        [
          "is",
          "is"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) present indicative of be; am, are, is."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Canada",
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-is.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/En-us-is.ogg/En-us-is.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/En-us-is.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɘz/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "North"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪdʒ/",
      "note": "affricated",
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "North"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "South"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪz"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "beeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "African-American-Vernacular-English"
      ],
      "word": "bes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "is"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_text": "Alternative pronunciation of us.",
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
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        "20": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "is",
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "is",
      "name": "en-pron"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "pron",
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    {
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        {
          "extra": "me",
          "word": "us"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Geordie",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 56 16 6 15",
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          "name": "Winter",
          "orig": "en:Winter",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        "Alternative spelling of us (“me”)."
      ],
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        [
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        ]
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        "(Geordie) Alternative spelling of us (“me”)."
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "i's"
        }
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of i's."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "i's",
          "i's#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Alternative form of i's."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "is"
}

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    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "en:Winter"
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      "word": "as-is"
    },
    {
      "word": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "word": "isness"
    },
    {
      "word": "isn't"
    },
    {
      "word": "iswas"
    },
    {
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