What is the meaning of "is"?

Answer 1

ask Bill Clinton, he seems to know better than the rest of us.

Answer 2

it depends on how you use it,,,,,, some popular usages are
"1. to exist or live: Shakespeare's “To be or not to be” is the ultimate question.
2. to take place; happen; occur: The wedding was last week.
3. to occupy a place or position: The book is on the table.
4. to continue or remain as before: Let things be.
5. to belong; attend; befall: May good fortune be with you.
6. (used as a copula to connect the subject with its predicate adjective, or predicate nominative, in order to describe, identify, or amplify the subject): Martha is tall. John is president. This is she.
7. (used as a copula to introduce or form interrogative or imperative sentences): Is that right? Be quiet! Don't be facetious.
–auxiliary verb 8. (used with the present participle of another verb to form the progressive tense): I am waiting.
9. (used with the present participle or infinitive of the principal verb to indicate future action): She is visiting there next week. He is to see me today.
10. (used with the past participle of another verb to form the passive voice): The date was fixed. It must be done.
11. (used in archaic or literary constructions with some intransitive verbs to form the perfect tense): He is come. Agamemnon to the wars is gone. "
the forms of is,,,,,,,,, 1st person am, 2nd are or (Archaic) art, 3rd is, present plural are; past singular 1st person was, 2nd were or (Archaic) wast or wert, 3rd was, past plural were; present subjunctive be; past subjunctive singular 1st person were, 2nd were or (Archaic) wert, 3rd were; past subjunctive plural were; past participle been; present participle be·ing.

Answer 3

It is a copula that attaches a predicate to a subject.

In the English language it shows what to do with a predicate like word (that is to say to treat it as a predicate not ,say, a verb) and its position in the phrase shows you what (ie the subject) the predicate is to be understood as belonging to.

Answer 4

Well, technically, it is the first person singular, present simple for the auxiliary verb "to be", conjugated for he, she , and it. It's basically, and i don't mean to sound condescending, the verb to describe the subject in a sentences' status.

Answer 5

We are talking about the verb for "to be." Conjugated it comes out as:

She IS talking. (present tense)
He WAS eating (past tense)
They WILL be drunk after this bottle. (future tense)

It is known as a copula, or linking verb.

Answer 6

Present existence.

Answer 7

The moment, the everything.

Answer 8

The being of something.