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 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 reference to a limit of time; as,
in an hour; it happened in the last century; in
all my life.
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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).
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.
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One who is in office; -- the opposite of
out.
A reëntrant angle; a nook or
corner.
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To inclose; to take
in; to harvest.
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