Betydning af it på engelsk

• 0 (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.

• 1 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?

• 2 (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.

• 3 used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning

  • The car broke down and we had to walk it

  • Oh, bother it!

• 4 short for information technology; the study and use of computers and other electronic equipment to store, process, retrieve, and send information

  • She works in IT.

  • (also adjective) IT skills/support

  • the IT department.