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it's
Contraction
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The contraction of "it is".
Bring you coat. It's raining.
"Where's the book?" "It's on the teacher's desk."
"What's that?" "This? It's just a piece of paper."
—
The contraction of "it has".
It's been a long time since I've had cake.
snowing
noun
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A fall of snow.
outside
Preposition
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outdoors; not in a building; under the open sky
The plants are outside the house.