in
preposition
uk
/ɪn/ us
/ɪn/in preposition (INTO)
in preposition (PART)
What do you look for in a relationship?
in preposition (DURING)
- at
- at short notice idiom
- be
- coincident
- coincidently
- demand
- executory
- for
- hundred
- immediately
- movable feast
- notice
- on demand idiom
- one
- possible
- somewhere along the line idiom
- time
- time signature
- up
- zero hour
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in preposition (NO MORE THAN)
A2
in preposition (BEFORE THE END)
A2
before or at the end of a particular period:
- We've got two clear weeks to finish the decorating.
- Jim's car has clocked (up) 40 000 miles in less than two years.
- Anyone who's late for work three times in one week gets a written warning from the boss.
- He managed to pay off his debts in two years.
- I'll be seeing Pat in a few days/in a few days' time.
in preposition (EXPERIENCING)
B1
- They were desperately in love to begin with, but I think it's starting to cool off now.
- He drove so fast that I really felt my life was in danger.
- Although I support the project in public, my private opinion is that it will fail.
- They clung together in terror as the screams grew louder.
- She watched in amazement as the fireworks exploded.
- (straight) from the horse's mouth idiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die of something idiom
- be a martyr to something idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- bear
- count
- go through
- grip
- hands-on
- hit someone where they live idiom
- hold on idiom
- horse
- ride
- see life idiom
- stricken
- suffer the consequences
- survive
- taste
in preposition (EXPRESSED)
B1
expressed or written in a particular way:
in preposition (RESULT)
- It is illegal for public officials to solicit gifts or money in exchange for favours.
- I'd like to do something for you in exchange for everything you've done for me.
- Management have granted a 10% pay rise in response to union pressure.
- The changes are in response to demand from our customers.
- In reply to their questions, she just shrugged.
in preposition (ARRANGEMENT)
Discounts are available to people travelling in large groups.
Cut the potatoes in two.
People are dying in their thousands from cold and starvation.
in preposition (AGE/TEMPERATURE)
in preposition (INVOLVED)
B1
- She's hoping to get a job in advertising.
- The troops receive training in a number of different types of warfare.
- She has a degree in French from Manchester University.
- Changes in atmospheric pressure are producing these strange weather conditions.
- There has been a lot of research done in that particular field.
- actor
- all in
- along
- attendee
- be (a) party to something idiom
- concern
- engage
- go all in
- go in on something
- hat
- have a dog in the fight idiom
- have a horse in the race idiom
- muscle
- neck
- pitch in
- plunge
- plunge in/plunge into something
- punch above your weight idiom
- re-engage
- thick
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in preposition (WEARING)
B1
in preposition (COMPARING AMOUNTS)
in preposition (CHARACTERISTIC)
in preposition (CAUSE)
in doing so The government banned tobacco advertising and, in doing so (= because of this), contributed greatly to the nation's health.
in that formal
See more - In helping others, I'm indirectly helping myself.
- Man introduced the grey squirrel to these parts and in doing so effectively wiped out the red squirrel.
- In stepping up your exercise, you are also stepping up your calorie requirement.
- In a sense you are helping her but in doing so, you are also preventing her from helping herself.
- In attracting insects to your garden, you are also attracting birds.
Grammar
in
adverb
uk
/ɪn/ us
/ɪn/in adverb (FROM OUTSIDE)
- Push the clutch in, put the car into gear, rev the engine and then gently let the clutch out.
- The goalkeeper was caught napping and the ball went straight in.
- We went in by the front door.
- Suddenly the door burst open and police officers carrying guns rushed in.
- You have to take the needle and push it right in.
in adverb (AT PLACE)
in adverb (INSIDE)
in adverb (TRANSPORT)
- access code
- annex
- annexation
- be on the scene idiom
- been
- break
- hit
- ingress
- interloper
- intrude
- intrusion
- invade
- jump
- land
- roll up! idiom
- set foot in somewhere idiom
- show up
- trespass
- turn
- turn out
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in adverb (GIVEN)
Remember to get your application in by the end of the week.
in adverb (COAST)
in adverb (COMPLETION)
in adverb (SPORT)
I won that point, I'm telling you! The ball was definitely in!
- depth
- en-
- endogenous
- from within idiom
- hereunder
- in-house
- indoors
- inner
- inner circle
- innermost
- inside
- interior
- interiority
- inward
- midst
- on a dime idiom
- there
- therein
- track
- ubiety
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Grammar
in
adjective
informal uk
/ɪn/ us
/ɪn/fashionable or popular:
- fashionableShe's so fashionable.
- in fashionTighter trousers for men are back in fashion.
- inShort jackets are in this season.
- coolHe was wearing a pair of cool sunglasses.
- hipWe went to the hip new club in town.
- trendyHe likes trendy clothes and modern furniture.
