in

prep

1. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

   “The dog is in the kennel.”

   “There were three pickles in a jar.”

2. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

   “I like living in the city.”

   “There are lots of trees in the park.”

   “He sat in the chair.”

   “She stood in the spotlight.”

   “GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory.”

3. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

   “We are in the enemy camp.”

   “Her plane is in the air.”

   “Waiter! There's a fly in my soup!”

4. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

   “I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.”

   “Who’s the blonde in the sunhat over there?”

5. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

   “There wasn't much of interest in her speech.”

   “He hasn't got an original idea in him.”

6. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

   “You are one in a million.”

   “She's in an orchestra.”

7. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

   “My birthday is 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.”

8. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

   “Will you be able to finish this in a week?”

   “The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.”

9. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

   “They said they would call us in a week.”

10. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.

    “Many English nouns in -is form their plurals in -es, while those in kn- are pronounced just /n/-.”

11. Into.

    “Less water gets in your boots this way.”

    “She stood there looking in the window longingly.”

    “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.”

12. By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.

    “In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.”

    “In trying to make amends, she actually made matters worse.”

    “My aim in travelling there was to find my missing friend.”

    “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.”

13. Indicating an order or arrangement.

    “My fat rolls around in folds.”

    “The planes flew over in waves.”

    “Arrange the chairs in a circle.”

14. Denoting a state of the subject.

    “He stalked away in anger.”

    “John is in a coma.”

    “My fruit trees are in bud.”

    “The company is in profit.”

15. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.

    “You've got a friend in me.”

    “He's met his match in her.”

16. Pertaining to; with regard to.

    “There has been no change in his condition.”

    “What grade did he get in English?”

17. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.

    “Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.”

    “The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.”

    “Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.”

    “[…] tourists sometimes attempt to pay in euros or British pounds.”

18. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.

    “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.”

    “When you write in cursive, it's illegible.”

    “Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.”

verb

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

   “He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop.”

adv

1. (not-comparable)At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.

   “Suddenly a strange man walked in.”

   “Would you like that to take away or eat in?”

   “He ran to the edge of the swimming pool and dived in.”

   “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.”

2. (not-comparable)Towards the speaker or other reference point.

   “They flew in from London last night.”

   “For six hours the tide flows in, then for another six hours it flows out.”

3. (not-comparable)So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.

   “Bring the water to the boil and drop the vegetables in.”

4. (not-comparable)After the beginning of something.

   “The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in.”

   “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.”

5. (in-compounds, not-comparable)Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.

   “sing-in, pray-in, hug-in; see also be-in, love-in, sit-in, teach-in.”

noun

1. A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.

   “His parents got him an in with the company.”

   “Holleran's and White's diminishing capacities as writers does not affect their publishing ins': the writer the house knows is always better than the writer the house doesn't know.”

2. (in-plural)One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office.

   “This memoir has nothing to do with the question between the ins and the outs; it is intended neither to support nor to assail the administration; it is general in its views upon a general and national subject; […]”

3. The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of inch or inches.

   “Donaldson is not by any means one of God’s chosen entertainment-industry stars. He’s not especially handsome, and neither is he particularly funny-looking. At 6ft 5in, and with the sparse reddish beard he nowadays sports, he has the charmingly awkward aspect of a teen who has recently put on a growth spurt and hasn’t quite settled into himself.”

   “Although it has no dimensions, strain is usually expressed in units represented as ε, which is in/in or mm/mm. Since the magnitude of the measured strain is small, the standard practice is to use units of microstrain (µε), which is [ε x 10^-6].”

5. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of integrase.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of internegative; a type of film stock, most commonly used regarding 35mm motion picture negative

adj

1. (not-comparable)Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.

   “Is Mr. Smith in?”

2. (not-comparable)Located inside something.

   “Little by little I pushed the snake into the basket, until finally all of it was in.”

   “The bullet is about five centimetres in.”

3. Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.

   “If the tennis ball bounces on the line then it's in.”

4. Inserted or fitted into something.

   “I've discovered why the TV wasn't working – the plug wasn't in!”

5. Having been collected or received.

   “The replies to the questionnaires are now all in.”

6. In fashion; popular.

   “Skirts are in this year.”

   “Pierce a new hole If Hell was in you'd give your soul To the great southern trendkill”

7. Incoming.

   “the in train”

8. Furled or stowed.
9. Of the tide, at or near its highest level.

   “You can't get round the headland when the tide's in.”

10. 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”

11. Currently batting.
12. Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.

    “He is very in with the Joneses.”

    ““[…] He […] took a rifle out of the batch and shot at me. I was lucky he was such a crummy shot.” “Why would he do that?” “I think he's in with them, Doctor.” “Them? You mean Ned and Cody?” “All of them. Hickok, the split tail, the whole lot.””

13. (informal)Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person.

    “I need to keep in with the neighbours in case I ever need a favour from them.”

    “I think that bird fancies you. You're in there, mate!”

    “I saw this thing on ITV the other week, Said, that if she played with her hair, she's probably keen She's playing with her hair, well regularly, So I reckon I could well be in.”

14. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze.

    “Blocks of compressed coal keep the fire in for a long time, but they give out very little heat.”

    ““At all events,” said the Doctor, “the fire’s in, and here’s the camp-oven, too. Somebody will be here soon. I will go in and light my pipe.””

    “Was there any person in your own house at Renmore to keep the fire in while you were here?.”

    “Normally when they camped in the wild they took turns to sit up and keep the fire in while the others slept, […].”

    “He turned and started making up the range to keep the fire in overnight, and heard the front door click and Grant’s motor fire up. Sleep. He needed to sleep.”

15. Having used, consumed , or invested a certain amount.

    “I'm three drinks in right now.”

    “I was 500 dollars in when the stock crashed.”

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Indiana: a state of the United States.