'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

This could be the day when, as he predicted, “All God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning, ‘My country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.’

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021

Timothy, standing below to catch me if I fell, called up softly, "Phill-eep, 'tis no shame to ease your own self bade downg to d’san."

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

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