(prep.) 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.
(prep.) With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.
(prep.) With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.
(prep.) With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.
(prep.) With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear.
(prep.) With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor.
(prep.) With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.
(prep.) With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life.
(adv.) 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).
(adv.) 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.
(n.) One who is in office; -- the opposite of out.
(n.) A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
(v. t.) To inclose; to take in; to harvest.
Example Sentences:
Kami
Definition:
(n. pl.) A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the mikado.
Example Sentences:
(1) KaMi cells bore a strong resemblance to the original tumor cells which were composed of small spindle cells, large polygonal cells, and multinucleated giant cells.
(2) In fact, the Kami women fed their children at very irregular intervals regardless of the child's age.
(3) Photograph: Nima Dorchi The most experienced of the icefall doctors is the team leader, Ang Kami Sherpa, a 64-year-old veteran of dozens of ascents of Nepal’s highest peaks.
(4) Among the Kami, infant age did not affect duration, interval, total frequency, and total time.
(5) KaMi cells may aid in elucidating the pathogenesis and biology of LCC and its relationship to other lung tumors.
(6) An urban rat colony that was seropositive to SR-11 strain of HFRS virus (laboratory rat origin) was demonstrated in February 1983 at a dumping ground area of Kami-iso Town near Hakodate port.
(7) One seropositive case of a small field mouse (Clethrionomys rufocanus bedfordiae) was detected around the Kami-iso area.
(8) Yet Tamang women breast feed their 2 year olds for shorter times than Kami women during the spring (p.01).
(9) Immunohistochemically, KaMi cells showed a weak tendency to differentiate to squamous cells, and these immunohistochemical reactivities were almost compatible to those of the original tumor cells, but ultrastructurally, KaMi cells were more immature than the original ones.
(10) Work loads greatly increased for the agropastoralist Tamang women during the monsoon (p.0007), but not so for the low caste Kami women who worked mainly at home.
(11) Tamang women provided longer feeds for their infants than did the Kami women during the winter (p.0002), but differences between the 2 castes were minor during spring.
(12) Consequently, significant effects of choleretics were found in the methanol extracts of Ko-so-san, Intinko-to, Saiko-seikan-to, Hange-koboku-to, Antyu-san, Syo-kankyo-to, Keisi-syakuyaku-timo-to, Senkan-meimoku-to, Bohu-tusyo-san, Juzen-taiho-to, Jumi-haidoku-to Kami-syoyo-san and Hange-syasin-to.
(13) Furthermore, higher positive rates of urban rats in the Kami-iso area were observed in the spring and winter than in the summer and fall.
(14) The authenticity of KaMi was confirmed by chromosomal analysis and isoenzyme patterns.
(15) The Center also started research in 1983, with the cooperation of the Kami-Ina Public Health Nurses' Association, into infant feeding styles.
(16) Ang Kami Sherpa, the team leader, said he was happy with his job and would give it up if he felt unsafe.
(17) In the western cities of Kyoto and Osaka - referred to collectively as Kami-gata, the upper region, the emperor's space - much more complex plots were developed, often taken from the bunraku theatre, engendering the wagoto style, gentle and life-like.
(18) Collagen-induced aggregation was inhibited by Keisi-bukuryôgan, Kami-syôyô-san, Dai-saiko-tô, Tôki-syakuyaku-san, Hatimi-ziô-gan and Syô-saiko-tô in their lower concentrations than those inhibiting arachidonic acid- and thrombin-induced aggregation.
(19) Ang Kami’s wife, Bhachhiki, 58, said that though she loved her husband, “love doesn’t provide everything”.
(20) Kami na taga Guardian ay nais ipagbahagi ang inyong mga storya, litrato at video sa amin.