in

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[edit] English

in
A cat in a box.
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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English in

[edit] 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 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, BBC:
      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.
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terms related to in (preposition)
[edit] Translations
contained by
surrounded by
part, member of
pertaining to
after a period of time
by the virtue of
into
during
a state
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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English inne

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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?
  5. After the beginning of something.
    • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, BBC Sport:
      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.
[edit] Translations
indoors; at home or the office and available for conversation
moving to the interior
still able to play
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[edit] 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
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[edit] Translations
position of power
state of batter

[edit] Adjective

in (comparative more in, superlative most in)

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

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[edit] 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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[edit] Noun

in

  1. water

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Preposition

in

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

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[edit] Postposition

in

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

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[edit] Verb

in

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

[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] 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."
[edit] Usage 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.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From English in.

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in (not comparable)

  1. in, popular

[edit] Gothic

[edit] Romanization

in

  1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌽

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Preposition

in

  1. in

[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Preposition

in

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

[edit] Usage notes

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

In + article Combined form
in + il nel
in + lo nello
in + l' nell'
in + i nei
in + gli negli
in + la nella
in + le nelle

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

in (hiragana いん)

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

[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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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

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[edit] Descendants

  • Aromanian: ãn
  • Catalan: en
  • French: en
  • Friulian: in
  • Italian: in
  • Occitan: en
  • Portuguese: em
  • Romanian: în
  • Romansch: en
  • Sicilian: n
  • Spanish: en

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[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Verb

in (using Raguileo Alphabet)

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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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


[edit] Middle Dutch

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Preposition

in

  1. in, inside, within
  2. into
  3. within (a time period)
  4. in (a condition)

[edit] Descendants

  • Dutch: in

[edit] Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
亻因

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ in˥˥ ]

[edit] Pronoun

in (POJ, traditional and simplified 亻因)

  1. they
  2. their
  3. them

[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Preposition

in

  1. in

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Preposition

in

  1. in

[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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."

[edit] Usage notes

  • Triggers nasalization of the following noun in the masculine singular accusative.
  • Triggers lenition of the following noun as an alternative spelling of ind.

[edit] Declension

Case Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative in
int (before vowels)		 ind
int (before ṡ)		 a in dá in dí in dá ind inna
Accusative in inna
Genitive ind
int (before ṡ)		 inna ind
int (before ṡ)		 in dá
Dative dond; dont (before ṡ)
cossind; cossint (before ṡ)
etc.		 don dib
cossin dib
etc.		 donaib
cosnaib
etc.
Note: The dative is used only after a preposition, which forms a contraction with the definite article, e.g. dond "to the", cossind "with the", etc.

[edit] Synonyms

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

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[edit] Descendants

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

[edit] Pennsylvania German

[edit] Preposition

in

  1. in

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin līnum (“flax”).

[edit] Noun

in n. (plural inuri)

  1. flax

[edit] 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

[edit] Romansch

[edit] Alternative forms

  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) egn
  • (Puter, Vallader) ün

[edit] Etymology

From Latin unus.

[edit] Article

in m. (feminine ina)

  1. (cardinal, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) a, an

[edit] Number

in m. (feminine ina)

  1. (cardinal, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) one

[edit] Slovene

[edit] Conjunction

in

  1. and

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adverb

in

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Verb

in

  1. to print

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Preposition

in

  1. in

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Etymology

Shortened from ien (one).

[edit] Article

in

  1. a, an
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