pronoun

1. pl. they the animal or thing previously mentioned or under discussion: neuter personal pronoun in the third person singular: it is the nominative and objective form, its the possessive, and itself the reflexive and intensive; its is the possessive pronominal adjective
2. it is also used as:
   1. the subject of an impersonal verb without reference to agent it is snowing
   2. the grammatical subject of a clause of which the actual subject is another clause or phrase following it is clear that he wants to go
   3. an object of indefinite sense in certain idiomatic expressions [to lord it over someone]; often, specif., an unpleasant consequence now you're in for it; let him have it
   4. the antecedent of a relative pronoun from which it is separated by a predicate it is your support that we want
   5. a term of reference to something indefinite but understood, as the state of affairs it's all right—I didn't hurt myself
   6. ☆ Informal an emphatic predicate pronoun referring to the person, thing, situation, etc. which is considered ultimate, final, or perfect zero hour is here: this is it

Etymology: ME hit, it < OE hit, akin to Du het, Goth hita, this: IE base as in he: basic sense “this one”

noun

1. the player in a game who must do some essential thing, as the one in a game of tag who must try to catch another
2. Informal any of various attractive personal qualities, as charm, charisma, or sex appeal

1. Italian
2. Italy