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Definition of 'in'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) .
Preposition
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# Contained by.
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# Within.
#* {{quote-magazine|date=2013-08-03|volume=408|issue=8847|magazine=(The Economist)
|title= Boundary problems
|passage=GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory.}}
# Surrounded by.
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# Part of; a member of.
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# Pertaining to (that particular thing).
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# At the end of a period of time.
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# Within a certain elapsed time
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# During (said of periods of time).
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Into.
* {{quote-news|year=2011|date=January 8|author=Paul Fletcher|work=BBC
|title= Stevenage 3-1 Newcastle
|passage=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. }}
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* 1898 , , (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.
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# (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
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- Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
#* 2014 , Carla Bethmann, Clean, Friendly, Profitable?: Tourism , page 114:
- tourists sometimes attempt to pay in euros or British pounds.
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Verb
(obsolete) To enclose; to take in; to harvest.
* Shakespeare
- He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop.
Etymology 2
(etyl) inne
Adverb
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(lb) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
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Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in , the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
(lb) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
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(lb) Abbreviation of in aid of.
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After the beginning of something.
*{{quote-news|year=2011|date=October 1|author=Phil Dawkes|work=BBC Sport
|title= Sunderland 2-2 West Brom
|passage=The Black Cats had a mountain to climb after James Morrison's header and Shane Long's neat side-foot finish gave Albion a 2-0 lead five minutes in .}}
Noun
( en-noun)
A position of power or a way to get it.
- His parents got him an in with the company
(sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
Antonyms
* out
Adjective
( en-adj)
In fashion; popular.
- Skirts are in this year.
Incoming.
- the in train''
(nautical|of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
(legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
- in''' by descent; '''in''' by purchase; '''in of the seisin of her husband
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Etymology 3
Statistics
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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
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