is — meaning in English

English meaning

• and conj Used to join two words, phrases, or ideas that go together.
• be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
• ese noun An informal, chiefly Mexican-American term of address for a man, roughly equivalent to "dude" or "man."

Senses

is is used for these senses in English:

• ese Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.
• and Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]
• be (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
• be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]

and — full definition

1. conj Used to join two words, phrases, or ideas that go together.
2. conj Used to link two clauses or sentences, often showing a sequence, result, or contrast.

be — full definition

1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

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