het — meaning in English

English meaning

• it pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
• one num The number 1; the first positive whole number.
• the article Used before a noun to show that the listener already knows, or can work out, exactly which thing is meant.

Senses

het is used for these senses in English:

• it The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
• it 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.
• one A single.
• the The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...

it — full definition

1. pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
2. pron Used as a placeholder subject in sentences describing weather, time, or general conditions.

one — full definition

1. num The number 1; the first positive whole number.
2. pron A single unspecified person or thing.
3. adj Single; sole; the only one.

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