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'is

'is is the pronunciation spelling of his.

Meaning of his

Pronoun

his (plural his)

  1. That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
    • This pen is his. These books are also his.
  2. (informal) His house or home.
    • After our night out, I went back to his.

See all 7 meanings of his

Origin of 'is

A representation of the pronunciation of his by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]).

Questions about 'is

What is 'is the pronunciation spelling of?
'is is the pronunciation spelling of his.

Words near 'is in the dictionary

  1. 'ill
  2. 'ills
  3. 'im
  4. 'Irâq
  5. 'Irāq
  6. 'is
  7. 'ismah
  8. 'istorical
  9. 'istory
  10. 'it
  11. 'its

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'is (page history and authors); his (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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