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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
is- combining form - variant of iso-: isentropic
is /ɪz/USA pronunciation
v.
- 3rd pers. sing. pres. indic. of be.
is.,
an abbreviation of:
- island.
- Geographyisle.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026is
(iz),USA pronunciation v.
- 3rd pers. sing. pres. indic. of be.
- as is. See as 1 (def. 21).
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch is, Old Norse es, er, German, Gothic ist, Latin est, Greek estí, Old Church Slavonic jestĭ, Sanskrit asti
- var. of iso- before a vowel:isallobar.
Is.,
- BibleIsaiah.
- island.
- isle.
is.,
- island.
- Geographyisle.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026i•so
(ī′sō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sos. [Television Slang.]
- Radio and TelevisionSee isolated camera.
ISO,
- Stock Exchange, Businessincentive stock option.
- Photography, International Standardization Organization.
- Photographythe numerical exposure index of a photographic film under the system adopted by the International Standardization Organization, used to indicate the light sensitivity of the film's emulsion.
iso-,
- a combining form meaning "equal,'' used in the formation of compound words:isochromatic;
in chemistry, used in the names of substances which are isomeric with the substance denoted by the base word:isocyanic acid.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] is-.
- Greek, combining form of ísos equal
'is-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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