Definition von 'its im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- plural form of 'it
- a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
- An organization (especially a process or a business) is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member
- a life of its own
- An independent existence with some characteristics of life
A massive hangover with a life of its own kept Fess pinned to his bed most of Sunday.
- allow nature to take its course
- Alternative form of let nature take its course
- be on its way out
- To be going out of fashion
- be on its way out
- To be in the process of becoming redundant
- behind its time
- Showing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted
- come into its own
- to be very helpful or to do well in a particular situation
- every dog has its day
- Everyone has a time of success and satisfaction
- in its infancy
- still in an early stage
Space tourism is still in its infancy.
- its
- Belonging to it (used as a possessive adjective)
This jar has a lid; this is its lid.
- its
- Its is extremely rare as a pronoun, the pronoun it being very rarely stressed. There is also very rarely a need for its as a possessive pronoun
The mind has its reasons and the heart has its.
- let Nature take its course
- Alternative form of let nature take its course
- let nature take its course
- To permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference
Her life is not worth living, people say; see, she is dependent on others even for food and water; let nature take its course.
- on its merits
- Considering only intrinsic good points and bad points, without prejudice or other considerations, such as procedural ones
The proposal should be discussed on its merits.
- permit nature to take its course
- Alternative form of let nature take its course
- put through its paces
- To test completely; to exercise the full range of abilities or functions
Before buying the car, we put it through its paces.
- run around like a chicken with its head cut off
- To act in a haphazard or aimless way; frantically or without control
The president doesn't know what to do. He's running around like a headless chicken.
- stand on its own
- To be independent of others
- sum of its parts
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- take its toll
- To affect, especially negatively; to damage or degrade; to cause destruction
Heavy smoking and drinking will take its toll on a person's health.
- turn on its head
- to completely change
The global economic crisis has managed to turn on their head stock exchanges worldwide.
- turn on its head
- To turn upside-down; to invert
The crisis turned on their head the formulas that had seemed to work.
- worth its weight in gold
- Highly valuable
I find my dog is worth its weight in gold on those long snowy weekends when I can't get out.
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- It is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone
- you can't tell a book by its cover
- Alternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover
- fall flat on its face
- Fail or make a mistake in an embarrassing way
- on its last leg
- (deyim) In such bad condition that it will soon be unable to work as it should
- rear its ugly head
- (deyim) Appear
The question of money always rears its ugly head in the matters of business.
- rear its ugly head
- (deyim) Appear. This phrase is used only of something undesirable or unpleasant, as in The interview went very well until a question about his academic record reared its ugly head. This expression was first recorded in slightly different form in Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers (1857): "Rebellion had already reared her hideous head."
- run its course
- Complete its natural development without interference
The doctor insisted I rest for a few days while the infection ran its course.
- take its course
- Complete its natural development without interference
- to take its toll of something
- to cause the damage for
Every year at Christmas drunken driving takes its toll.
- to take its toll of something
- to cause the loss for
The war took its toll of human life.
- turn it on its head
- (deyim) 1. Use something in a completely wrong way2. Change something completely
- turn something on its head
- (deyim) 1. Use something in a completely wrong way2. Change something completely
- Haifa and its environs
- Haifa and the communities which surround it, Haifa and its suburbs (Israel)
- Hold a wolf by its ears
- get right to the issue, get straight to the main point
- biggest of its kind
- largest of its type, largest one of any like it
- cut off in its prime
- stopped or brought to an end when it was at its best
- devoid of its contents
- empty, containing nothing
- erode its edge
- gradually wear away its edge
- every bullet has its billet
- each bullet is meant for a specific target
- every pot has its lid
- there's a suitable match for everyone
- everything has its place
- everything has a place where it belongs
- in its entirety
- wholly, completely
- in its infancy
- in the early stages of development, just beginning
- in its own right
- by reason of one's own ability or ownership etc ; "she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance"; "an excellent novel in its own right"
- in its present state
- in the condition it is now in, in its present form
- in its prime
- young, just beginning
- its
- Possessive form of the pronoun it
- its
- Information Technology Services, the name of a UCSF communications services provider
- its
- Information Technology Services, the University department responsible for computer services, including staffing, maintenance and operation of Users Branches
- its
- Intelligent Transport Systems - Use of modern electronic techniques to utilise better existing transport infrastructure
- its
- See: Intermarket Trading System
- its
- Intermarket Trading System - Links the NYSE and other national market centers in a communications and data-processing network ITS, cooperatively developed by the system's competing markets, enables brokers and partici-pating market-makers to reach electronically into any of the markets within seconds, whenever the Consolidated Quote System (CQS) indicates the possibility of better execution
- its
- Inter-Plan Teleprocessing System
- its
- pron. belonging to it
- its
- [BSG] (1) Indirect To Segment 635/645/ 6180 indirect words contain a "further indirection tag", which allows for iteration of the indexing/indirection process after the address in the word has been picked up The Multics processors added a feature whereby the appending unit watches the pike as these words come by, and if this "further indirection" field of an even-addressed word contains octal 43 ("ITS"), hijacks it before it even gets to the CU, interpreting its "address" field as a segment number (of the TPR) and passing on the odd word of the pair on to the control unit in its place The net effect is that the word-pair can be viewed as a segment-word "pointer pair", a pointer to a location in two-dimensional virtual memory, and this pair of words, referred to as an "ITS pair" or "ITS pointer", is the standard Multics pointer format On the 6180, a ring number (see TRR) was added Both processors had instructions to store pointer registers in this format
- its
- Intelligent transportation system A network of changeable message signs and highway advisory radio that notifies drivers of changing roadway and traffic conditions
- its
- Information Technology Services
- its
- Information Technology Systems
- its
- Intelligent Transportation Systems A broad range of diverse technologies, including information processing, communications, control and electronics, which, when applied to our transportation system, can save time, money and lives
- its
- Intelligent Transportation System; an umbrella term, includes an advanced technology approach to traffic management; original name was IVHS
- its
- It links the R/3 application server with one or more Web servers, thus enabling the R/3 to communicate with the Internet
- its
- Its is a third person singular possessive determiner. You use its to indicate that something belongs or relates to a thing, place, or animal that has just been mentioned or whose identity is known. You can use its to indicate that something belongs or relates to a child or baby. The British Labor Party concludes its annual conference today in Brighton. Japan, with its extreme housing shortage. Its is the possessive form of the pronoun it and is correctly written without an apostrophe. It should not be confused with the contraction it's (for it is or it has), which should always have an apostrophe. used to refer to something that belongs to or is connected with a thing, animal, baby etc that has already been mentioned (it)
- its
- Integrated Titling System - LPI computerised record for land titles
- its
- Information Technology Services - We look after computing services on both campus' of University College Northampton
- its
- Individual Training Standard
- its
- Intelligent Transportation System
- its
- Intelligent Transport Systems
- its
- Integrated Technology Services IVR - Interactive Voice Response
- its
- A system that uses modern electronic, communication and control technologies to provide travelers with better information on traffic condition, provide vehicles with safety equipment and improve the transportation infrastructure
- its
- Information Technology System
- its price went down
- its price was reduced, it was made cheaper
- left its mark
- made a mark, made an impression (emotional or physical)
- like a chicken with its head cut off
- without direction, erratically, in a crazed or frenzied manner
- lost its meaning
- no longer meaningful
- making its first steps
- walking for the first time; making progress on its own
- missed its mark
- did not hit the target, fell short of the goal
- of its own accord
- of its own agreement, by its own free will
- on its way
- soon to arrive
- raised its head
- appeared again after a period of absence
- returned to its former state
- returned to the way it was before, went back to its previous condition
- serve its purpose
- be used for a particular reason
- tell its own tale
- testify against himself, give testimony about his own actions
- the city and its environs
- city and the area surrounding it, city and the suburbs
- the river burst its banks
- the river overflowed, the river flooded its banks
- wagged its tail
- moved its tail from side to side
- within its jurisdiction
- within the frame of the legal authority, through the municipal area