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[ English

in
in

[ Pronunciation

[ Homophones

[ Etymology 1

Old English in

[ 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. After a period of time.
    They said they would call us in a week.

[ Related terms

[ Translations

[ Etymology 2

Old English inne

[ Adverb

in (not comparable)

Positive
in

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Located indoors, especially: at home or the office and available for conversation.
    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.

[ Translations

[ Noun

Singular
in

Plural
ins

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

[ Translations

[ Antonyms

[ Dutch

[ Pronunciation

/In/

[ Preposition

in

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

[ Derived terms


[ German

[ Pronunciation

[ 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."

[ 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.

[ Derived terms


[ Interlingua

[ Preposition

in

  1. in

[ Italian

[ Pronunciation

[ Preposition

in

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

[ Japanese

[ Noun

in (hiragana いん)

  1. : member
  2. : cause
  3. : rhyme

[ Latin

[ Preposition

in (+ ablative)

  1. in, at, on (space)
  2. within (time)

[ Preposition

in (+ accusative)

  1. into
  2. about
  3. according to

[ Derived terms


[ Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
亻因

[ Pronunciation

[ 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 thee list of displayable characters.

[ See also

[ External links


[ Old English

[ Etymology

Common Germanic *in, whence also Old High German in, Old Norse í

[ Preposition

in

  1. in

[ Old High German

[ Etymology

Common Germanic *in, whence also Old English in, Old Norse í

[ Preposition

in

  1. in

[ Romanian

[ Etymology

Latin linum

[ Noun

in n. (plural inuri)

  1. flax

[ Declension