'tis

American

[tiz] / tɪz /

a contraction of it is.

'tis British

/ tɪz /

contraction

it is

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Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

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But ’tis the holiday season, and our subject is the future of movie theaters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

While the holidays are still several weeks away, ’tis the season for year-end tax planning.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

As Caesar continued in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “So in the world; ’tis furnish’d well with men, and men are flesh and blood.”

From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023

But ’tis the season for celebrity tell-alls, and Anderson’s tender journey dukes it out with the best of them.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

“I am Brother Luke, a wandering friar, newly come to St. Mark’s. I have brought thee food, and, cause ’tis Friday, fish.”

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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