its

Definitions

1. determiner

   Belonging to it.

   Examples

   • The dog wagged its tail.
   • The company changed its name.
2. pronoun

   The one that belongs to it, used alone, in rare cases.

   Examples

   • The data was not its to give.
   • The house is not its to sell.
3. contraction

   An old spelling of it's, which means it is or it has.

   Examples

   • Its true that some palaces are plain.
   • Its said that the road once ran through this field.
4. noun

   More than one it, used as a noun.

   Examples

   • The manual lists the its of several systems.
   • The its in this list are all small devices.