IN

Multiple Entries:
  IN    In    in    -in    in-    in.    indium  

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IN

▶abbreviation Indiana (in official postal use).

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In

▶symbol the chemical element indium.

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in/ɪn/

▶preposition

• 1 expressing the situation of being enclosed or surrounded by something.

• 2 expressing motion that results in being within or surrounded by something.

• 3 expressing a period of time during which an event happens or a situation remains the case.

• 4 expressing the length of time before a future event is expected to happen.

• 5 expressing a state, condition, or quality.

• 6 expressing inclusion or involvement.

• 7 indicating someone's occupation or profession.

• 8 indicating the language or medium used.

• 9 expressing a value as a proportion of (a whole).

▶adverb

• 1 expressing movement that results in being enclosed or surrounded by something.

• 2 expressing the situation of being enclosed or surrounded by something.

  ■ present at one's home or office.

  ■ Cricket batting.

• 3 expressing arrival.

• 4 (of the tide) rising or at its highest level.

▶adjective informal fashionable.

– phrases
be in for have good reason to expect (something, typically something unpleasant).
be in for it have good reason to expect trouble or retribution.
in on privy to (a secret).
in that for the reason that.
in with informal on friendly terms with.
the ins and outs informal all the details.

– origin OE in (prep.), inn, inne (adv.), of Gmc origin.

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-in1

▶suffix Chemistry forming names of organic compounds, pharmaceutical products, proteins, etc.: insulin.

– origin alt. of -ine4.

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-in2

▶combining form denoting a gathering of people for a common purpose, typically as a form of protest: sit-in.

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in-1 (also il- before l; im- before b, m, p; ir- before r)

▶prefix

• 1 (added to adjectives) not: infertile.

• 2 (added to nouns) without; a lack of: inappreciation.

– origin from L.

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in-2 (also il- before l; im- before b, m, p; ir- before r)

▶prefix in; into; towards; within: influx.

– origin representing in or the L. prep. in.

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in.

▶abbreviation inch(es).

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indium /ˈɪndɪəm/

▶noun the chemical element of atomic number 49, a soft silvery-white metal occurring naturally in association with zinc and some other metals. (Symbol: In)

– origin C19: from indigo (because there are two characteristic indigo lines in its spectrum) + -ium.