In (preposition)
Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
In (preposition)
Contained by.
“The dog is in the kennel.”
In (preposition)
Within.
In (preposition)
Surrounded by.
“We are in the enemy camp.”
“Her plane is in the air.”
In (preposition)
Part of; a member of.
“One in a million.”
“She’s in band and orchestra.”
In (preposition)
Pertaining to; with regard to.
“What grade did he get in English?”
“Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.”
In (preposition)
At the end of a period of time.
“They said they would call us in a week.”
In (preposition)
Within a certain elapsed time
“Are you able to finish this in three hours?”
“The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.”
In (preposition)
During (said of periods of time).
“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.”
In (preposition)
Into.
“Less water gets in your boots this way.”
In (preposition)
Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
“In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.”
In (preposition)
Coming at the end of a word.
“English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.”
In (preposition)
Indicating an order or arrangement.
“My fat rolls around in folds.”
In (preposition)
Denoting a state of the subject.
“He stalked away in anger.”
“John is in a coma.”
In (preposition)
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.”
In (preposition)
Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
In (preposition)
Wearing (an item of clothing).
“I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.”
In (preposition)
In the form of, in the denomination of.
“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.”
In (verb)
To enclose.
In (verb)
To take in; to harvest.
In (adverb)
Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
“Is Mr. Smith in?”
In (adverb)
Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
“Suddenly a strange man walked in.”
In (adverb)
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.”
In (adverb)
Abbreviation of in aid of.
“What’s that in?”
In (adverb)
After the beginning of something.
In (noun)
A position of power or a way to get it.
“His parents got him an in with the company”
In (noun)
The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
In (noun)
A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
In (noun)
abbreviation of inch
In (adjective)
In fashion; popular.
“Skirts are in this year.”
In (adjective)
Incoming.
“the in train”
In (adjective)
Furled or stowed.
In (adjective)
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”
In (adjective)
Currently batting.
In (adjective)
Having familiarity or involvement with somebody.
Into (preposition)
Going inside (of).
“Mary danced into the house.”
Into (preposition)
Going to a geographic region.
“We left the house and walked into the street.”
“The plane flew into the open air.”
Into (preposition)
Against, especially with force or violence.
“The car crashed into the tree;”
“I wasn’t careful, and walked into a wall”
Into (preposition)
Producing, becoming; indicates transition into another form or substance.
“I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.”
“Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!”
Into (preposition)
After the start of.
“About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.”
Into (preposition)
Interested in or attracted to.
“She’s really into Shakespeare right now;”
“I’m so into you!”
Into (preposition)
Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.
“The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself.”
Into (preposition)
Expressing the operation of multiplication.
“Five into three is fifteen.”
Into (preposition)
Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with “goes”.
“Three into two won’t go.”
“24 goes into 48 how many times?”
Into (preposition)
Investigating the subject (of).
“Call for research into pesticides blamed for vanishing bees.”
In (preposition)
expressing the situation of something that is or appears to be enclosed or surrounded by something else
“dressed in their Sunday best”
“she saw the bus in the rear-view mirror”
“I’m living in London”
In (preposition)
expressing motion with the result that something ends up within or surrounded by something else
“don’t put coal in the bath”
“he got in his car and drove off”
In (preposition)
expressing a period of time during which an event happens or a situation remains the case
“they met in 1885”
“I hadn’t seen him in years”
“at one o’clock in the morning”
In (preposition)
expressing the length of time before a future event is expected to happen
“I’ll see you in fifteen minutes”
In (preposition)
(often followed by a noun without a determiner) expressing a state or condition
“I’ve got to put my affairs in order”
“to be in love”
“a woman in her thirties”
In (preposition)
indicating the quality or aspect with respect to which a judgement is made
“no discernible difference in quality”
In (preposition)
expressing inclusion or involvement
“I read it in a book”
“acting in a film”
In (preposition)
indicating someone’s occupation or profession
“she works in publishing”
In (preposition)
indicating the language or medium used
“put it in writing”
“say it in French”
In (preposition)
indicating the key in which a piece of music is written
“Mozart’s Piano Concerto in E flat”
In (preposition)
as an integral part of (an activity)
“in planning public expenditure it is better to be prudent”
In (preposition)
expressing a value as a proportion of (a whole)
“a local income tax running at six pence in the pound”
In (adverb)
expressing movement with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else
“come in”
“presently the admiral breezed in”
In (adverb)
expressing the situation of being enclosed or surrounded by something
“we were locked in”
In (adverb)
expressing arrival
“the train got in very late”
In (adverb)
(of the tide) rising or at its highest level.
In (adjective)
present at one’s home or office
“we knocked at the door but there was no one in”
In (adjective)
fashionable
“the in thing to do”
“pastels and light colours are in this year”
In (adjective)
(of the ball in tennis and similar games) landing within the designated playing area.
In (adjective)
batting
“which side is in?”
In (noun)
a position of influence with someone powerful or famous
“she got an in with the promising new artist”