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[in-ing] /ˈɪn ɪŋ/

noun
1.
Baseball. a division of a game during which each team has an opportunity to score until three outs have been made against it.
2.
a similar opportunity to score in certain other games, as horseshoes.
3.
an opportunity for activity; a turn:
Now the opposition will have its inning.
4.
innings, (used with a singular verb)

5.
the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.
6.
enclosure, as of wasteland.
7.
the gathering in of crops.
[in] /ɪn/
preposition
1.
(used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits):
walking in the park.
2.
(used to indicate inclusion within something abstract or immaterial):
in politics; in the autumn.
3.
(used to indicate inclusion within or occurrence during a period or limit of time):
in ancient times; a task done in ten minutes.
4.
(used to indicate limitation or qualification, as of situation, condition, relation, manner, action, etc.):
to speak in a whisper; to be similar in appearance.
5.
(used to indicate means):
sketched in ink; spoken in French.
6.
(used to indicate motion or direction from outside to a point within) :
Let’s go in the house.
7.
(used to indicate transition from one state to another):
to break in half.
8.
(used to indicate object or purpose):
speaking in honor of the event.
adverb
9.
in or into some place, position, state, relation, etc.:
Please come in.
10.
on the inside; within.
11.
in one’s house or office.
12.
in office or power.
13.
in possession or occupancy.
14.
having the turn to play, as in a game.
15.
Baseball. (of an infielder or outfielder) in a position closer to home plate than usual; short:
The third baseman played in, expecting a bunt.
16.
on good terms; in favor:
He’s in with his boss, but he doubts it will last.
17.
in vogue; in style:
He says straw hats will be in this year.
18.
in season:
Watermelons will soon be in.
adjective
19.
located or situated within; inner; internal:
the in part of a mechanism.
20.
Informal.

21.
well-liked; included in a favored group.
22.
inward; incoming; inbound:
an in train.
23.
plentiful; available.
24.
being in power, authority, control, etc.:
a member of the in party.
25.
playing the last nine holes of an eighteen-hole golf course (opposed to ):
His in score on the second round was 34.
noun
26.
Usually, ins. persons in office or political power (distinguished from ).
27.
a member of the political party in power:
The election made him an in.
28.
pull or influence; a social advantage or connection:
He’s got an in with the senator.
29.
(in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) a return or service that lands within the in-bounds limits of a court or section of a court (opposed to ).
verb (used with object), inned, inning. British Dialect.
30.
to enclose.
Idioms
31.
be in for, to be bound to undergo something, especially a disagreeable experience:
We are in for a long speech.
32.
in for it, Slang. about to suffer chastisement or unpleasant consequences, especially of one’s own actions or omissions:
I forgot our anniversary again, and I’ll be in for it now.
Also, British, for it.
33.
in that, because; inasmuch as:
In that you won’t have time for supper, let me give you something now.
34.
in with, on friendly terms with; familiar or associating with:
They are in with all the important people.
/ˈɪnɪŋ/
noun
1.
(baseball) a division of the game consisting of a turn at bat and a turn in the field for each side
2.
(archaic) the reclamation of land from the sea
/ɪn/
preposition
1.
inside; within: no smoking in the auditorium
2.
at a place where there is: lying in the shade, walking in the rain
3.
indicating a state, situation, or condition: in a deep sleep, standing in silence
4.
before or when (a period of time) has elapsed: come back in one year
5.
using (a language, etc) as a means of communication: written in code
6.
concerned or involved with, esp as an occupation: in journalism
7.
expressing a ratio, proportion, or probability: one in five boys
8.
while or by performing the action of; as a consequence of or by means of: in crossing the street he was run over
9.
used to indicate goal or purpose: in honour of the president
10.
(used of certain animals) about to give birth to; pregnant with (specified offspring): in foal, in calf
11.
a variant of into she fell in the water, he tore the paper in two
12.
(often foll by an infinitive) have it in one, to have the ability (to do something)
13.
(Austral, informal) in it, joining in; taking part
14.
(conjunction) in that, in so far as, because or to the extent that; inasmuch as: I regret my remark in that it upset you
15.
nothing in it, no difference or interval between two things
adverb (particle)
16.
in or into a particular place; inward or indoors: come in, bring him in
17.
so as to achieve office, power, or authority: the Conservatives got in at the last election
18.
so as to enclose: block in, cover in a hole
19.
(in certain games) so as to take one’s turn or one’s team’s turn at a certain aspect of the play; taking one’s innings: you have to get the other side out before you go in
20.
(Brit) (of a fire) alight: do you keep the fire in all night?
21.
(in combination) indicating an activity or gathering, esp one organized to protest against something: teach-in, work-in
22.
in at, present at (the beginning, end, etc)
23.
in between, between
24.
in for, about to be affected by (something, esp something unpleasant): you’re in for a shock
25.
in on, acquainted with or sharing in: I was in on all his plans
26.
in with, associated with; friendly with; regarded highly by
27.
(informal) have it in for, have got it in for, to wish or intend harm towards
adjective
28.
(stressed) fashionable; modish: the in thing to do
29.
(NZ) competing: you’ve got to be in to win
noun
30.
ins and outs, intricacies or complications; details: the ins and outs of a computer system
abbreviation
1.
India
Chemical symbol
1.
indium
abbreviation
1.
Indiana
n.

Old English innung “a taking in, a putting in,” gerundive of innian “get within, put or bring in,” from inn (adv.) “in” (see in). Meaning “a team’s turn in a game” first recorded 1735, usually plural in cricket, singular in baseball.

Old English in (prep.) “in, into, upon, on, at, among; about, during;” inne (adv.) “within, inside,” from Proto-Germanic *in (cf. Old Frisian, Dutch, German, Gothic in, Old Norse i), from PIE *en “in” (cf. Greek en, Latin in “in, into,” Old Irish in, Welsh yn-, Old Church Slavonic on-). As an adjective from 1590s.

The forms merged in Middle English. Modern sense distinction between in and on is from later Middle English. Sense of “holding power” (the in party) first recorded c.1600; that of “exclusive” (the in-crowd, an in-joke) is from 1907 (in-group); that of “stylish, fashionable” (the in thing) is from 1960. The noun sense of “influence, access” (have an in with) first recorded 1929 in American English. In-and-out “copulation” is attested from 1610s.

In
The symbol for the element indium.
In
The symbol for indium.

noun

[fr baseball; the British term, fr cricket, is always innings and is found by 1836]

adjective

noun

Related Terms

get in, have it in for someone
inch
indium
Indiana

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out of
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