The Collaborative International Dictionary
In \In\, adv.
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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).
Their vacation . . . falls in so pat with ours.
--Lamb.Note: The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language, to be in when they are furled, or when stowed. In certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the in train (i. e., the incoming train); compare up grade, down grade, undertow, afterthought, etc.
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(Law) 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.
--Burrill.In and in breeding. See under Breeding.
In and out (Naut.), through and through; -- said of a through bolt in a ship's side.
--Knight.To be in, to be at home; as, Mrs. A. is in.
To come in. See under Come.
Usage examples of "to be in".
It had to be in her name anyway, I admitted: for accounting purposes.
At this precise moment I'm happy to be in a marriage, to be two against one, to combine with my partner against this destructive and dangerous outsider with whom I happen to have had sex.
It was so good to be in a place where she could hear the growing things again.
It had to be in a work situation like theirs where one mistake could prove lethal.
No one chooses to be in a war, nor do they choose the place to fight it.
If you want to be in the game for the long term, what people think and say about you matters a lot.
Wishing to be in good condition for their landing, they divided the remainder of the night into watches, two going to sleep at a time, the man on duty standing by to control the course and to get photographic negatives, on which, when they were developed, they found two crescent-shaped continents, a speckled region, and a number of islands.
She scanned the oncoming Scourge, this time looking for someone who seemed to be in charge.
The car's interior was exactly as they had left it, and they were glad to be in it again.
Her wealth, reputed to be in the neighborhood of fifty million dollars, was only a part of what Danielle believed distinguished her from the other outmates.
He had the honor of being the only actor to be in four of the top ten worst movies of all time, films that made Meatballs look like an Orson Welles' masterpiece.
If the witnesses refused, they were found to be in contempt of Congress and subject to imprisonment.