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Definitions

1.Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or abstract limits.
- Waiter! There's a fly in my soup!
- There were three pickles in a jar.
- There are lots of trees in the park.
2.Into.
- Less water gets in your boots this way.
- She stood there looking in the window longingly.
- The ball was accidentally kicked in Kevin Nolan's face in the opening seconds of the contest – an incident that set the tone for an extremely uncomfortable encounter for the Premier League side.
3.By (doing something); indicating action causing an effect or achieving a purpose.
- My aim in travelling there was to find my missing friend.
- In trying to make amends, she actually made matters worse.
- Although severely provoked, she showed admirable restraint in not retaliating.
4.Indicating an order or arrangement.
- The planes flew over in waves.
- Arrange the chairs in a circle.
- My fat rolls around in folds.

1.At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
- Suddenly a strange man walked in.
- Would you like that to take away or eat in?
- He ran to the edge of the swimming pool and dived in.
2.Towards the speaker or other reference point.
- They flew in from London last night.
- For six hours the tide flows in, then for another six hours it flows out.
3.So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something.
- Bring the water to the boil and drop the vegetables in.
4.After the beginning of something.
- The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in.
- The Black Cats had a mountain to climb after James Morrison's header and Shane Long's neat side-foot finish gave Albion a 2-0 lead five minutes in.

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PIE word

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Preposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in.

Adverb, noun and adjective from Middle English in, from Old English inn and inne, from Proto-Germanic *innai.