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English

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in
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A cat in a box.

Preposition

In

  1. Contained by.
    The dog is in the kennel.
  2. Surrounded by.
    We are in the enemy camp.
    Her plane is in the air.
  3. Part of; a member of.
    One in a million.
  4. Pertaining to (that particular thing).
    He has passed in English.
  5. Immediately after a period of time.
    They said they would call us in a week.
  6. By virtue of; by means of
    In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner , Moonfleet Chapter 4
      In returning to the vault, I had no very sure purpose in mind; only a vague surmise that this finding of Blackbeard's coffin would somehow lead to the finding of his treasure.
  7. Indicating an order or arrangement.
    My fat rolls around in folds.
  8. Into.
    Less water gets in your boots this way.
    • 2011 Paul Fletcher Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle
    The ball was accidentally kicked in Kevin Nolan's face in the opening seconds of the contest - an incident that set the tone for an extremely uncomfortable encounter for the Premier League side.
    in the first week of December
    Easter falls in the fourth lunar month
    The country reached a high level of prosperity in his first term.
  9. Denoting a state of the subject.
    He stalked away in anger.
    John is in a coma.
  10. Indicates a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
    Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor is among his most popular.
    His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
  11. Indicates a language, script, tone, etc. of writing, speaking, etc.
    When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
    He spoke in French, but his speech was simultaneously translated into eight languages.

Related terms

terms related to in (preposition)

Adverb

In (not comparable)

  1. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially: at home or the office .
    Is Mr. Smith in?
  2. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
    Suddenly a strange man walked in.
  3. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
    He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
  4. (UK) abbreviation of in aid of.
    What's that in?

Noun

In (plural Ins)
  1. A position of power or a way to get it.
    His parents got him an in with the company
  2. (in games) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting
Antonyms

Adjective

In (comparative more In, superlative most In)

  1. In fashion; popular.
    Skirts are in this year.

Thesaurus

a la mode, access, adit, advanced, air lock, among, an in, approach, at, avant-garde, by, chic, clout, contemporary, corridor, drag, entering, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, far out, fashionable, favor, favorable regard, fellow feeling, forward-looking, friendly relations, from, gangplank, gangway, good graces, good terms, good understanding, goodwill, hall, harmony, herein, in favor, in with, inbound, incoming, inflooding, inflowing, influence, ingoing, ingress, ingressive, inlet, inpouring, inside, inside of, intake, into, intrusive, invasive, inward, inward-bound, inwardly, inwards, irruptive, means of access, mod, modern, modernistic, modernized, modish, mutual regard, near, newfashioned, next to, now, on, on good terms, on speaking terms, open arms, open door, opening, passage, passageway, present-day, present-time, progressive, rapport, regard, respect, streamlined, swank, swish, sympathy, therein, to, toward, trendy, twentieth-century, ultra-ultra, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-datish, up-to-the-minute, vestibule, way, way in, way out, with, with-it, within

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English in

Etymology 2

Old English inne

Translations

Preposition

contained by
surrounded by
part, member of
pertaining to
after a period of time
by the virtue of
into
during
a state
The translations below need to be checked.
Translations to be checked

Adverb

indoors; at home or the office and available for conversation
moving to the interior
still able to play
The translations below need to be checked.
Translations to be checked

Noun

position of power
state of batter

Adjective

in fashion, popular

Statistics

References

  • Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

Baure

Noun

in

  1. water

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch in, from Proto-Germanic *in.

Pronunciation

Preposition

In

  1. in; expressing containment.
    De geest in de fles — the genie in the bottle

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

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Postposition

In

  1. into
    • De jongen rende het huis in. — The boy ran into the house.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Verb

In

  1. first-person singular present indicative of innen.
  2. imperative of innen.

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old High German in, from Proto-Germanic *in.

Preposition

In

  1. (in + dative) in; within; at; contained by
    Es ist im Haus. - "It is in the house."
  2. (in + dative) pertaining to
  3. (in + accusative) into
    Er geht ins Haus. - "He goes into the house."

Notes

The preposition in is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English in.

Adjective

In (not comparable)
  1. in, popular

Interlingua

Preposition

In

  1. in

Italian

Pronunciation

Preposition

In

  1. in
  2. to
    Vado nella panetteria
    Vado dal panettiere
  3. into
  4. by

Usage notes

When followed by a definite article, in is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

In + articleCombined form
in + ilnel
in + lonello
in + l'nell'
in + inei
in + glinegli
in + lanella
in + lenelle

Anagrams

Japanese

Noun

In (hiragana いん)

  1. 員: member
  2. 因: cause
  3. 韻: rhyme

Latin

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *h₁en (“in”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐν (en), Old Prussian en and Old English in (English in).

Pronunciation

Preposition

In

  1. (governs the ablative) in, at, on (space)
  2. (governs the dative) within (time)
  3. (governs the accusative) into
    • 1772-1778 Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ by Finnur Jónsson, chapter one (Google books)
      De introductione religionis Christianæ in Islandiam.
      Of the introduction of Christianity to Iceland.
  4. (governs the accusative) about
  5. (governs the accusative) according to
  6. (governs the accusative) against

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
  • French: en
  • Italian: in
  • Portuguese: em
  • Romanian: în
  • Spanish: en

Quotations

Mapudungun

Verb

In (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. To eat.
  2. First-person singular realis mood form of in.

See also

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small mapudungun-spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.


Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
亻因

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ in˥˥ ]

Pronoun

In (POJ, traditional and simplified 亻因)

  1. they
  2. their
  3. them

Usage notes

  • 亻因 should actually be written as a single character, but it is not included in the list of displayable characters.

See also

External links

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *in, whence also Old High German in, Old Norse í

Preposition

in

  1. in

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *in, whence also Old English in, Old Norse í

Preposition

In

  1. in

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sindo- (“this”) < Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”) or Proto-Indo-European *só (“this”); weak doublet of sin (“this”).

Article

In

  1. the (masculine singular nominative/accusative; dual nominative/accusative/genitive)
    Beóigidir in spirut in corp in ḟect so. – "The spirit now quickens the body."
  2. Alternative spelling of ind.
    Beóigidir in spirut in corp in ḟect so. – "The spirit now quickens the body."

Synonyms

  • int (masculine singular nominative, used before a vowel)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: an
  • Scottish Gaelic: an
  • Manx: yn

Pennsylvania German

Preposition

In

  1. in

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin līnum (“flax”).

Noun

In n. (plural inuri)

  1. flax

Declension

declension of In
singular plural
gender n. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un In inul niște inuri inurile
genitive/dative unui In inului unor inuri inurilor
vocative — — — —
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Romansch

Article

In m. (feminine ina)

  1. (cardinal) a, an

Number

In m. (feminine ina)

  1. (cardinal) one

Slovene

Conjunction

In

  1. and

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adverb

In

  1. into, the direction "from out to in"

Antonyms

See also

Vietnamese

Verb

In

  1. to print

Derived terms

Volapük

Preposition

In

  1. in

West Frisian

Etymology

Shortened from ien (one).

Article

In

  1. a, an
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