sen — 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.
• its det Belonging to it.

Senses

sen is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• its Belonging to it. [from 16th c.]
• its The one (or ones) belonging to it. [from 17th c.]

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.

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