it

abbreviation = academic.ru/38056/information_technology">information technology

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[it]

pronoun

1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) es

2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) es

3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) zur Betonung

4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)

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- its

- itself

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IT

[ˌaɪˈti:]

n no pl COMPUT abbrev of Information Technology IT f, Informationstechnologie f

in·for·ma·tion tech·ˈnol·ogy

n

IT

n no pl Informationstechnologie f

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abbr See: of information technology

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it [ıt]

A pron

1. es (nom oder akk):

what is it? was ist es?;

do you understand it? verstehen Sie es?

2. (wenn auf schon Genanntes bezogen) es, er, ihn, sie:

(pencil) … it writes well (Bleistift) … er schreibt gut

3. (als Subjekt bei unpersönlichen Verben und Konstruktionen) es:

it is raining;

it is cold;

it is 6 miles to … es sind 6 Meilen (bis) nach …;

it is pointed out that … es wird darauf hingewiesen, dass …; → follow C 2, time A 4, etc

4. (als grammatisches Subjekt) es:

oh, it was you oh, Sie waren es oder das; → be B 1

5. (verstärkend) es:

it is to him that you should turn an ihn solltest du dich wenden; → be Bes Redew

6. (als unbestimmtes Objekt) es (oft unübersetzt): → foot C 1, go¹ D 5, take B 49, etc

7. nach Präpositionen:

at it daran, dazu, darüber;

by it dadurch, dabei;

for it dafür, deswegen;

in it darin;

of it davon, darüber;

little was left of it wenig blieb davon übrig

8. reflexiv sich:

the development brought with it that … die Entwicklung brachte (es) mit sich, dass …

B s

1. umg

a) der (die, das) Größte:

he thinks he’s 'it

b) this is really 'it das ist genau das Richtige, genau das ist es

2. umg das gewisse Etwas, Sex-Appeal m

3. now you are it (in Kinderspielen) jetzt bist du dran

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abbreviation = information technology

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pron.

es pron. v.

dazu v.