DictionaryhereinWithin this
adverb

herein

heer-IN/ˌhɪrˈɪn/

Within what is being referred to.

The terms stated herein apply to every applicant.

At a signing table, a lawyer taps a specific page inside an open folder while everyone discusses only the matter contained within that same document.
Etymology

Here and in together mean “within this.” In the selected sense, “this” points to the document, statement, or matter under discussion rather than a physical place.

In context

Talks at Google presenter23:22
Herein, in that situation I just described summarily for you,
Democracy at Work: Curing Capitalism | Richard Wolff | Talks at Google
TED presenter5:40
And herein lies the challenge.
How conscious investors can turn up the heat and make companies change | Vinay Shandal

More examples

  • No part of the information herein may be omitted from the summary.
  • The problem is simple, and herein lies the challenge.
  • She asks readers to consider the evidence presented herein.

Forms

herein

Similar words

within
The ordinary word for being inside something.
therein
Therein means within that; herein means within this document, place, or matter.