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Pronoun

1. {{non-gloss|The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.}}
2. {{non-gloss|A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.}}
3. {{lb|en|rare}} {{non-gloss|A third-person singular pronoun used to refer to an unspecified person.}}
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} {{non-gloss|An [[affectionate]] third-person singular personal pronoun.}}
5. {{lb|en|chiefly|derogatory|offensive}} {{non-gloss|A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is [[transgender]] or [[non-binary]].}}
6. {{non-gloss|Refers to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.}}
7. {{non-gloss|The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the [[dummy pronoun]], [[dummy it|dummy ''it'']] or [[weather it|weather ''it'']]).}}
8. {{non-gloss|The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short [[idiom]]s or expressions.}}
9. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[sex appeal|Sex appeal]], especially that which goes beyond physical appearance.
10. {{non-gloss|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|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 [[:Category:English subordinating conjunctions|subordinating conjunction]].}}
11. [[all|All]] or the [[end]]; something after which there is no more.
12. {{lb|en|obsolete}} {{n-g|Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun}}: That which; [[what]].

Determiner

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[its|Its]].

Noun

1. One who is neither a [[he]] nor a [[she]]; a [[creature]]; a [[dehumanize]]d being.
2. {{senseid|en|tag}} The [[person]] who [[chase]]s and tries to [[catch]] the other [[player]]s in the [[playground]] game of [[tag]].
3. {{lb|en|British}} A game of [[tag]].
4. {{lb|en|informal}} A [[desirable]] characteristic, as being [[fashionable]].
5. {{lb|en|informal|chiefly in the negative}} Something [[desirable]] or [[suitable]].
6. {{lb|en|informal}} Sexual intercourse.
7. {{lb|en|informal}} Sex appeal.
8. {{alt case|en|It||force in the [[vitalist]] approach of {{w|Georg Groddeck}}}}.
9. {{alt case|en|It||the [[id]]}}.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|colloquial}} Most [[fashionable]], [[popular]]{{,}} or [[in vogue]].

Proper noun

1. {{altform|en|It.}}: {{abbreviation of|en|Italy|nocap=1}}.
2. {{altform|en|It.}}: {{abbreviation of|en|Italian|nocap=1}} {{gloss|language}}.

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