its in All languages combined

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{
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Genitive pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We bought the old car and fixed up its engine."
        },
        {
          "text": "The moon doesn't make its own light."
        },
        {
          "text": "\"Where's the coffee?\" \"It's on its way."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Its thing is the thing that belongs to it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-its-en-pron-R~NFbTil",
      "raw_tags": [
        "possessive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪts/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/Its/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-its.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "it's"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "its"
}

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{
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Genitive pronouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We bought the old car and fixed up its engine."
        },
        {
          "text": "The moon doesn't make its own light."
        },
        {
          "text": "\"Where's the coffee?\" \"It's on its way."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Its thing is the thing that belongs to it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "possessive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪts/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/Its/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-its.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "it's"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "its"
}

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"its" meaning in All languages combined

Pronoun [English]