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Part of Speech: Noun
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Part of Speech: noun
3.
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.
4.
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).
Part of Speech: preposition
Part of Speech: verb transitive
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