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Definition in

Etymology 1

From Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in (whence German in, Dutch in, Danish and Norwegian i), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én, whence also Latin in, Irish i, Welsh yn, Ancient Greek ἐν (en) (modern Greek εν (en)), Old Armenian ի (i), Old Church Slavonic въ(н) (vŭ(n)), Russian в (v), Old Prussian en, Lithuanian į.

Preposition

in

  1. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
    1. Contained by.
    2. Within the bounds or limits of.
    3. Surrounded by; among; amidst.
    4. Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
    5. Pertaining to; with regard to.
    6. During (a period of time).
    7. Within a certain elapsed time; by the end of.
    8. At the end of a period of time.
    9. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
  2. Into.
  3. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
    1. Indicating an order or arrangement.
    2. Denoting a state of the subject.
    3. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
    4. Wearing (an item of clothing).
  4. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
    1. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
    2. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Verb

in (third-person singular simple present ins, present participle inning, simple past and past participle inned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.

Etymology 2

From Middle English in, from Old English inne.

Adverb

in (not comparable)

  1. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
  2. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
  3. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
  4. (Britain) Abbreviation of in aid of.
  5. After the beginning of something.
Noun

in (plural ins)

  1. A position of power or a way to get it.
  2. (sports) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
  3. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
Adjective

in (comparative more in, superlative most in)

  1. In fashion; popular.
  2. Incoming.
  3. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
  4. (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
  5. (cricket) Currently batting.
  6. Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.

Etymology 3

Noun

in (plural ins or in)

  1. Abbreviation of inch; inches.

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