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prep.

1. Within the limits, bounds, or area of: was hit in the face; born in the spring; a chair in the garden.
2. From the outside to a point within; into: threw the letter in the wastebasket.
3. Having the activity, occupation, or function of: a life in politics; the officer in command.
4. During the act or process of: tripped in racing for the bus.
5. With the arrangement or order of: fabric that fell in luxuriant folds; arranged to purchase the car in equal payments.
6. After the style or form of: a poem in iambic pentameter.
7. By means of: paid in cash.
8. Made with or through the medium of: a statue in bronze; a note written in German.
To or at a situation or condition of: was split in two; in debt; a woman in love.
1. Having the activity, occupation, or function of: a life in politics; the officer in command.
2. During the act or process of: tripped in racing for the bus.
3. With the arrangement or order of: fabric that fell in luxuriant folds; arranged to purchase the car in equal payments.
4. After the style or form of: a poem in iambic pentameter.
5. By means of: paid in cash.
6. Made with or through the medium of: a statue in bronze; a note written in German.
1. With the arrangement or order of: fabric that fell in luxuriant folds; arranged to purchase the car in equal payments.
2. After the style or form of: a poem in iambic pentameter.
3. By means of: paid in cash.
4. Made with or through the medium of: a statue in bronze; a note written in German.
With the characteristic, attribute, or property of: a tall man in an overcoat.
1. By means of: paid in cash.
2. Made with or through the medium of: a statue in bronze; a note written in German.
With the aim or purpose of: followed in pursuit.
With reference to: six inches in depth; has faith in your judgment.
Used to indicate the second and larger term of a ratio or proportion: saved only one in ten.

adv.

To or toward the inside: opened the door and stepped in.
To or toward a destination or goal: The mob closed in.
Sports So as to score, as by crossing home plate in baseball: singled the runner in.
Within a place, as of business or residence: The manager is in before anyone else.
So as to be available or under one's control: We can proceed when all the evidence is in.
So as to include or incorporate: Fold in the egg whites.
So as to occupy a position of success or favor: campaigned hard and was voted in.
In a particular relationship: got in bad with their supervisor.

adj.

Located inside; inner.
Incoming; inward: took the in bus.
Holding office; having power: the in party.
Informal
1. Currently fashionable: the in thing to wear this season.
2. Concerned with or attuned to the latest fashions: the in crowd. See Synonyms at fashionable.
Relating to, understandable to, or coming from an exclusive group: an in reference.

One that has position, influence, or power: the ins against the outs.
Informal Influence; power: had an in with the authorities.

[Middle English, from Old English; see en in Indo-European roots.]

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in for
adjective
certain to get or have; "he knew he was in for a licking"

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in for

likely to experience (especially something bad)
Example: We're in for some bad weather; You're in for it if you broke that window!

Arabic:	يُحْتَمَل أن يَنال عِقابا
Chinese (Simplified):	必定会遭到
Chinese (Traditional):	必定會遭到
Czech:	být postižen
Danish:	kunne vente sig
Dutch:	in het vooruitzicht hebbend
Estonian:	on oodata (halba)
Finnish:	odotettavissa
French:	pouvoir s'attendre à
German:	dran sein
Greek:	με περιμένει (συν. κτ. κακό)
Hungarian:	várható; baj lesz, ha …
Icelandic:	eiga yfir höfði sér
Indonesian:	mengalami
Italian:	(aspettarsi); (aspettarsi una punizione)

Japanese:	～を免がれがたい
Latvian:	sagaida (nepatikšanas u.tml.)
Lithuanian:	(nusimato), kam nors kliūti
Norwegian:	kunne vente seg, være solgt
Polish:	mający w perspektywie
Portuguese (Brazil):	sob ameaça, à espera
Portuguese (Portugal):	sob a ameaça de
Romanian:	a se aştepta la
Russian:	под угрозой; достанется
Slovak:	byť postihnutý
Slovenian:	pričakovati; pripraviti se na
Spanish:	la que (me, te, le…) espera
Swedish:	kunna vänta sig, få räkna med, illa ute
Turkish:	belâ, hapı yutma