DictionaryRoot: in
English
in
within or inside
Forms
- in
Origin
From Old English in, an inherited Germanic word with older Indo-European relatives.
Note
Physical containment developed into membership, involvement, and states of being.
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preposition
into
Expressing movement against something encountered.
Etymology
The compound preposition expresses directed movement inward or toward something. With a collision, it marks the object encountered at the end of that movement.