Meaning of in | Babel Free

Definitions

1. in, at, on
2. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.
3. Contained by; inside.
4. in (a time)
5. Within the bounds or limits of.
6. in (a language)
7. Surrounded by; among; amidst.
8. Wearing (an item of clothing).
9. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
10. Expressing abstract containment.
11. in (in various expressions)
12. Part of; a member of; out of; from among.
13. During (a period of time).
14. Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of.
15. At the end of (a period of time).
16. Characterized by.
17. Into.
18. By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.
19. Indicating an order or arrangement.
20. Denoting a state of the subject.
21. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
22. Pertaining to; with regard to.
23. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
24. In the form of, in the denomination of.
25. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.

Equivalents

Examples

“The dog is in the kennel.”

“There were three pickles in a jar.”

“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.”

“We are in the enemy camp.”

“Her plane is in the air.”

“Waiter! There's a fly in my soup!”

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

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

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

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

“You are one in a million.”

“She's in an orchestra.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“My fat rolls around in folds.”

“The planes flew over in waves.”

“Arrange the chairs in a circle.”

“He stalked away in anger.”

“John is in a coma.”

“My fruit trees are in bud.”

“The company is in profit.”

“You've got a friend in me.”

“He's met his match in her.”

“There has been no change in his condition.”

“What grade did he get in English?”

“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.”

“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.”

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