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inside e.g. an organization; used as a combining form; "an in-house editor"; "in-home nursing programs"

directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

holding office; "the in party"

not out; "it's ten o'clock and the children are in"; "the tide is in"

directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

holding office; "the in party"

a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among.

With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.

With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.

With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.

With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear.

With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor.

With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life.

Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).

A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.

To inclose; to take in; to harvest.

A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force.

An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial.

With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; - sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.

With privilege or possession; - used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband.

One who is in office; - the opposite of out.

The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among.

With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.

With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.

With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.

With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear.

With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor.

With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life.

Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).

A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.

To inclose; to take in; to harvest.

A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force.

An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial.

With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; - sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.

With privilege or possession; - used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband.

One who is in office; - the opposite of out.

Shows physical surrounding; as, clothed in purple; lost in the night; denotes being surrounded by activities, interests, etc.; as, in business; in trouble; in work up to his ears; signifies within a state or condition; as, still in death; in wintertime; indicates wholes; as, he was the most prominen man in town; means within; as, he lies now in his tomb; means into; as, go in the house.

Indicates direction; as, he went in; nearness, or at home; as, my master is in; position in general in relation to surroundings, etc.

Denotes presence or situation in place, time, or circumstances-within, during: by or through.

Within: not out.

Prefix denoting negation or absence. Words compounded with it, and not found below, may be explained by adding not, or want of, to the simple word.

Within; during; by; with.

A nook or corner; one who or that which is in, as in office.

Enclosed in a place or state.

Into a place or state.

Close by.

Denoting the object surrounded by; among; toward; by means of.

In; into; on; as, inflame.

Not; without; un-. The following is a list of unimportant or self defining words with this prefix. In all cases, in- as here used has the meaning of "want or lack of," "freedom from," "not," simply reversing the meaning of the main portion of the word (as indecorum, lack of decorum; indevout, not devout).

A public house; tavern, hotel.

Prefix taken from the Lat., in, not, and used in a negative or privative sense.

Prefix taken from the Lat. Preposition in, into, and used, chiefly with verbs and their derivatives, to signify into, in, within, on, upon, toward, against.

adv. Not out ; within ; inside ;- with privilege or possession ; closely ; immediately.

n. A person who is in office – the opposite of out;- a nook or corner, generally plural.

[Latin] a frequent prefix, with the sense of negation or privation, and also of intensity or addition.

Noting the place where any thing is present; noting the state present at any time; noting the time ; noting power ; noting proportion ; concerning; In that, because ; in as much, since, seeing that.

Within some place, not out; engaged to any affair; placed in some slate; noting entrance; into any place; close connection with.

Has commonly in composition a negative or privative sense, in before r is changed into r, before l into l, and into m before some other consonants.