it

ISO 639-1 language code for Italian.

The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.

• Take this book and put it on the shelf.
• Take each day as it comes.
• I found a poor little cat. It seems to be half starving.

Used to refer to a human generically, or humans collectively as a species.

Used dehumanizingly to refer to a person.

A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.

• She took the baby and held it in her arms.

A third-person singular pronoun used to refer to an unspecified person.

An affectionate third-person singular personal pronoun.

A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or non-binary.

Refers to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.

• It's me, John.
• Somebody wanted a drink, didn't they? Who was it?
• It is I, your king.

The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy it or weather it).

• It is nearly 10 o’clock.
• It’s 10:45.
• It’s very cold today.

The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.

• rough it
• live it up
• stick it out

Referring to a desirable quality or ability, or quality of being successful, fashionable or in vogue.

• After all these years, she still has it.

Referring to sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.

• I caught them doing it.
• Are you getting it regularly?

Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond physical appearance.

The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.

• It’s not worth talking to you.
• It is easy to see how she would think that.
• It was felt that I'd be the right man for the job.

All or the end; something after which there is no more.

• Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
• That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
• Well, looks like this is it. We're all going to die.

Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.

Its.

One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.

The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.

• In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
• Tag, you're it!

A game of tag.

• Let's play it at breaktime.

A desirable characteristic, as being fashionable.

• Man, he's really got it.
• She's the it girl, at least for this Fall.

Something desirable or suitable.

• Bro, that shirt is not it.

Sexual intercourse.

• OMG, they were doing it in the storage room.

Sex appeal.

• She really has it going on.

Alternative letter-case form of It (“force in the vitalist approach of Georg Groddeck”).

Alternative letter-case form of It (“the id”).

Most fashionable, popular, or in vogue.