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in⋅ning

  [in-ing]
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–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)
a. Cricket. a unit of play in which each team has a turn at bat, the turn of a team ending after ten players are put out or when the team declares.
b. land reclaimed, esp. from the sea.
5. the act of reclaiming marshy or flooded land.
6. enclosure, as of wasteland.
7. the gathering in of crops.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME inninge, OE innung a getting in, equiv. to inn(ian) to go in + -ung -ing 1
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  [in] preposition, adverb, adjective, noun, verb, inned, in⋅ning.
–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) into: 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.
a. in favor with advanced or sophisticated people; fashionable; stylish: the in place to dine; Her new novel is the in book to read this summer.
b. comprehensible only to a special or ultrasophisticated group: an in joke.
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 out ): His in score on the second round was 34.
–noun
26. Usually, ins. persons in office or political power (distinguished from outs ).
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 out ).
–verb (used with object) British Dialect.
30. to enclose.
—Idioms
31. be in for, to be bound to undergo something, esp. a disagreeable experience: We are in for a long speech.
32. in for it, Slang. about to suffer chastisement or unpleasant consequences, esp. 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.
Origin:
bef. 900; 1925–30 for def. 28; ME, OE; c. G, D, OFris, OS, Goth in, ON ī, L in, Gk en, Lith į
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in·ning   (ĭn'ĭng)   
n.  

    1. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs.

    2. innings (used with a sing. verb) Sports The division or period of a cricket game during which one team is at bat.

  2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An opportunity to act or speak out; a chance for accomplishment. Often used in the plural with singular or plural verb.

  3. The reclamation of flooded or marshy land.


[Middle English innynge, a getting in, from Old English innung, gerund of innian, to put in, from in, in; see in1.]
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Slang Dictionary
in

  1. mod.
    current; fashionable. : What's in around here in the way of clothing?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

in 
O.E. in "in," inne "within," from P.Gmc. *in (cf. O.Fris, Du., Ger., Goth. in, O.N. i), from PIE *en-/*n (cf. Gk. en, L. in, O.Ir. in, Welsh yn-, O.C.S. on-). Sense of "holding power" (the in party) first recorded 1605; that of "exclusive" (the in-crowd, an in-joke) is from 1907; that of "stylish, fashionable" (the in thing) is from 1960. The noun sense of "influence, access" (have an in with) first recorded 1929 in Amer.Eng. The suffix -in attached to a verb originated 1960 with sit-in, probably infl. by sit-down strike, used first of protests, extended c.1965 to any gathering. In-and-out "copulation" is attested from 1620. To be in like Flynn is 1940s slang, said to be U.S. military, perhaps from alleged sexual exploits of Hollywood actor Errol Flynn.

inning 
O.E. innung "a taking in, a putting in," ger. of innian "get within, put or bring in," from inn (adv.) "in" (see in). Meaning of "a team's turn in a game" first recorded 1738, usually pl. in cricket, sing. in baseball.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in
Function: preposition
: under the law of : based on in negligence —National Law Journal>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: In
Function: symbol
indium
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

In
The symbol for the element indium.

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