Dictionary Definition
in adj
1 holding office; "the in party" [syn: in(p)]
2 directed or bound inward; "took the in bus";
"the in basket" [syn: in(a)]
3 currently fashionable; "the in thing to do";
"large shoulder pads are in"
Noun
1 a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
[syn: inch]
2 a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in
small quantities in sphalerite [syn: indium, atomic
number 49]
3 a state in midwestern United States [syn:
Indiana, Hoosier
State] adv
2 inside an enclosed space [ant: out]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- qualifier stressed , /ɪn/, /In/
- qualifier unstressed , /n̩/, 1=/n=/
-
- Rhymes with: -ɪn
Homophones
Etymology 1
inPreposition
surrounded by
- Norwegian: innenfor
- Spanish: dentro de, adentro de
part, member of
- Norwegian: i, av
- Spanish: en
pertaining to
- Norwegian: i
after a period of time
- Norwegian: om
- Spanish: en
- Albanian: në
- Arabic: (fi), (bi-)
- Aramaic:
- Basque: -an (locative)
- Bosnian: u
- Bulgarian: в
- Catalan: a (1,2) , en (3,4)
- Cornish:
- Croatian: u
- Czech: v
- Danish: i (1,4), inden i (2), af (3)
- Dutch: in
- Dyirbal: (locative)
- Esperanto: en
- Finnish: -ssa / -ssä (inessive)
- French: dans
- German: in
- Greek, Ancient:
- Greek, Modern: σε (se)
- Hawaiian: i, iā; ma
- Hebrew:
- Hindi: अन्दर (andar), में (me.n), भीतर (bhītar)
- Icelandic: í, inni
- Ido: en
- Igbo: nịme
- Indonesian: di
- Interlingua: in
- Irish: i
- Italian: in
- Japanese: に (ni), の中に (のなかに, no náka ni), で (de)
- Korean: -의 안에 (-ui ane)
- Latin: in
- Maltese: fi, ġo
- Novial: in
- Pashto: (pe)
- Persian: (andar)
- Portuguese: em
- Quechua: -pi (locative)
- Romanian: în
- Russian: в (v)
- Scottish Gaelic: anns
- Serbian:
- Slovene: v
- Swahili: m- / mu- (noun class 18)
- Swedish: inne; i, på
- Tagalog: sa, nasa
- Tajik: дар (dar)
- Thai: (nai)
- Turkish: -da / -de (locative)
- Urdu: (andar), (me.n)
- Vietnamese: ở
- Yiddish: אין (in)
- Yoruba: ní
- Yup'ik: -mi s, -gni dual, -ni p (localis case)
Etymology 2
inneAdverb
- Located indoors,
especially: at home or the office and available for conversation.
- Is Mr. Smith in?
- Moving to the interior of a defined space,
such as a building or room.
- Suddenly a strange man walked in.
- 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
located indoors
- Irish: istigh
- Norwegian: inne
- Spanish: dentro, adentro
moving to the interior
- German: herein, hinein
- Irish: isteach
- Norwegian: inn
- Spanish: hacia adentro
still able to play
Noun
Translations
position of power
state of batter
Antonyms
Dutch
Pronunciation
/In/Preposition
in- expressing containment.
- De geest in de fles — the genie in the bottle
German
Pronunciation
Preposition
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
- (in + dem) im m|n
- (in + das) ins
- in der Zwickmühle stecken
Interlingua
Preposition
in- in
Italian
Pronunciation
- [in]
Preposition
inUsage notes
When followed by a definite article, in is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:In + articleCombined form in + ilnel in + lonello in + l'nell' in + inei in + glinegli in + lanella in + lenelle
Japanese
Latin
Preposition
in (+ )Preposition
in (+ )Derived terms
Min Nan
Pronunciation
- [ in˥˥ ]
Usage notes
- 亻因 should actually be written as a single character, but it is not included in the list of displayable characters.
See also
External links
Old English
Etymology
Common Germanic *in, whence also Old High German in, Old Norse íPreposition
in- in
Old High German
Etymology
Common Germanic *in, whence also Old English in, Old Norse íPreposition
in- in
Romanian
Etymology
Latin linumNoun
Declension
Romansch
Number
Slovene
Conjunction
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adverb
in- into, the direction "from out to in"
Antonyms
See also
Preposition
in- in
Extensive Definition
IN or in may stand for:
- India ISO country code
- Indiana (United States postal abbreviations)
- The IATA code for Macedonian Airlines
- Indium In symbol for the chemical element
- Intelligent network a telecommunications architecture
- Indian Navy, part of the Military of India
- Car designation for Ingolstadt
- Inch, an Imperial unit of measurement
- In Nomine
- In Records, a record label
in in Old English (ca. 450-1100): In
in in Czech: IN
in in German: IN
in in Modern Greek (1453-): IN
in in Esperanto: In
in in French: IN
in in Korean: IN
in in Italian: IN
in in Dutch: In
in in Japanese: IN
in in Norwegian: IN
in in Polish: In
in in Portuguese: IN
in in Kölsch: IN (Watt ėßß datt?)
in in Slovenian: IN
in in Finnish: In
in in Swedish: In
in in Vietnamese: In
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a la mode, access, adit, advanced, air lock, among, an in, approach, at, avant-garde, by, chic, clout, contemporary, corridor, drag, entering, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, far out, fashionable, favor, favorable regard, fellow
feeling, forward-looking, friendly relations, from, gangplank, gangway, good graces, good
terms, good understanding, goodwill, hall, harmony, herein, in favor, in with,
inbound, incoming, inflooding, inflowing, influence, ingoing, ingress, ingressive, inlet, inpouring, inside, inside of, intake, into, intrusive, invasive, inward, inward-bound, inwardly, inwards, irruptive, means of access,
mod, modern, modernistic, modernized, modish, mutual regard, near, newfashioned, next to,
now, on, on good terms, on speaking terms,
open arms, open door, opening, passage, passageway, present-day,
present-time, progressive, rapport, regard, respect, streamlined, swank, swish, sympathy, therein, to, toward, trendy, twentieth-century,
ultra-ultra, ultramodern, up-to-date,
up-to-datish, up-to-the-minute, vestibule, way, way in, way out, with, with-it, within