Is – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
IS (International System)
complete consistent metric system of units for scientists (with basic quantities of length, time, electric current, temperature, luminous intensity, amount of substance and mass)
be
v.
exist; occur, happen; occupy a position or place
be on at
nag, be a persistent source of pain or nuisance, grumble at
is
.is (dot is) is the
top-level domain for
Iceland. The country code is derived from the first two letters of , which is the
Icelandic word for Iceland. Registration of .is domains is open to all persons and companies without any special restriction.
Is–ought problem
The
is-ought problem, as articulated by Scottish
philosopher and
historian David Hume (1711–76), states that many writers make claims about what
ought to be on the basis of statements about what
is. Hume found that there seems to be a significant difference between descriptive statements (about what is) and prescriptive or
normative statements (about what ought to be), and that it is not obvious how one can coherently move from descriptive statements to prescriptive ones. The is–ought problem is also known as
Hume's law, or
Hume's guillotine.
be
Verb
1. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
(hyponym) look
2. be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
3. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
(hyponym) stretch, stretch along
4. have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
(synonym) exist
(hyponym) come
(derivation) being, beingness, existence
5. happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"
6. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
(synonym) equal
(hyponym) equate, correspond
7. form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
(synonym) constitute, represent, make up, comprise
(hyponym) make
8. work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
(synonym) follow
(hyponym) vet
9. represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
(synonym) embody, personify
(hypernym) typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
(hyponym) body, personify
10. spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
(hypernym) take, occupy, use up
11. have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
(synonym) live
(verb-group) survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
(derivation) organism, being
12. to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"
(hypernym) stay, remain, rest
13. be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
(synonym) cost
(hyponym) set back, knock back, put back
IS (Intelligence Service)
intelligence service, organization which is responsible for collecting and studying information relevant to national security
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