'tis

American

[tiz] / tɪz /

a contraction of it is.

'tis British

/ tɪz /

contraction

it is

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Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

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But ’tis the holiday season, and our subject is the future of movie theaters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

While the holidays are still several weeks away, ’tis the season for year-end tax planning.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

As Caesar continued in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “So in the world; ’tis furnish’d well with men, and men are flesh and blood.”

From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023

Shakespeare in the Park canceled its Thursday and Friday performances of “Hamlet,” saying ’tis not nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of wretched air.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Mam says, Well, ’tis off now and we might as well chop it up for the fire.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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