is
verb
3rd person singular present indicative of be.
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is
1 American
[iz]
/ ɪz /
verb
idioms
IS
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American
is-
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American
is.
4
American
abbreviation
-
island.
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isle.
Is.
5
American
abbreviation
-
Isaiah.
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island.
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isle.
Is.
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British
abbreviation
-
Also: Isa. Bible Isaiah
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Island(s) or Isle(s)
IS
2
British
abbreviation
is
3
British
/ ɪz /
verb
is
4
British
abbreviation
is-
5
British
combining form
Etymology
Origin of is
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch is, Old Norse es, er, German, Gothic ist, Latin est, Greek estí, Old Church Slavonic jestĭ, Sanskrit asti
Example Sentences
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I’m 84 and my wife is 77, and we are both fully retired.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Hundreds of speedrunners share tips on a Discord server built by TransitRuns, a group whose website is the online home for speedrun rankings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
‘My main goal is to help people’: I’m single, 74, with $10 million burning a hole in my pocket.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Wu, 17, is a “speedrunner,” the term for transit obsessives who aim to visit all the stations along a city’s fixed public transit lines in record time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
That said, the treatment is imperfect, and there are still many questions to be answered.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Several geeky flourishes were added, including a quote attributed to Altman, “COMPUTE IS DESTINY.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
In Lebanon, they say, he met several people he believed were members of IS.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Album cuts like “$T. LOSER” and “WHAT IS IT LIKE, TO BE LIKED?” find Slayyyter caught up comparing herself to other artists.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
The so-called "IS brides" are Australian nationals and left the Roj camp, controlled by Syrian Kurdish forces, last week.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Because what IS is something else again because it was not even alive then.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
"Here’s to the padding which supports us while we slumber- hay or straw, down or feathers, coils or foam- whatever it is- as long as it is there! #sleep #mattress #goodtobeback #stayinginbed."
From Fox News ● Oct. 18, 2021
The thing about it is- What percentage “yes,” to go loose on social media?
From The Verge ● Dec. 15, 2020
Right, and that's a way a lot of the beef in Korea is-
From Salon ● May 25, 2019
I think she stayed there for a short amount of time, which is-
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2017
And I say, "You can trust that caring, as a rule, ends poorly," which is- true.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
“Someone said it looks like panic — maybe it is. It won’t make much real difference,” Daniels said in an interview on CNBC.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
"People fear the environment where the shrine is. No evil will ever happen here. So, nobody fights vultures that perch here," a man they call the Vulture King tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“That’s what sport is. That’s what life is, isn’t it? A series of chances,” she says.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
"It's really tough. That's the way it is. We just have to live with it," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
“She is. A namer—a seer—he told of a child whom he named Malum. He knew, or half knew, half hoped, what she was.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Sebastien Lagree would like to make one thing clear: “This. Is. Not. Pilates.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
“To the reporters: I’m pounding the bench again. This. Is. Ridiculous! There's no point in going through each line. I'm just being logical here.”
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2023
This is a reference to a 2015 conference speech. in which he she says, in an impassioned voice: "We import two-thirds of our cheese. That. Is. A. Disgrace."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2022
Stating that Britain imported two thirds of its cheese, she then declared angrily: "That. Is. A. Disgrace."
From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2022
“Seriously, Is. It’d be easier if it didn’t even matter that Jace doesn’t think I’m cute.”
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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