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Definition: -IN |
-IN1. A suffix. See the Note under -ine. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | IN':ARDS:, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and renowned authority, Dr. Gunsaulus, is persuaded that the mysterious organ known as the spleen is nothing less than our important part. To the contrary, Professor Garrett P. Servis holds that man's soul is that prolongation of his spinal marrow which forms the pith of his no tail; and for demonstration of his faith points confidently to the fact that no tailed animals have no souls. Concerning these two theories, it is best to suspend judgment by believing both. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Computing | In |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agency | Verb: be -in action; Adjective: operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike. |
Error | Err; be -in error; Adjective:, be mistaken; Verb: be deceived; (duped); mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself; fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error; Noun: be in the wrong, blunder; misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate; (misjudge). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: -IN |
| Specialty definitions using "-IN": amoer ♦ gros de Tours. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "-IN": Alkarsin ♦ Chrysarobin ♦ Elastin ♦ formalin ♦ Haematoin ♦ Iodothyrin ♦ Myeloidin ♦ Parigenin, Phillygenin, Picrotoxin ♦ Sapogenin ♦ Urechitoxin. (references) |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Also, imports are several times greater than export -in 1999 the imports were USD 195 million and exports 25.5 million. (references) | |
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| "-IN" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "-IN" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.5% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "-IN": datasets--in, difficulties--in, firm--in, problems--in, ruled--in. | |
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| Language | Translations for "-IN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | aangetroud (by, by marriage, -in-law, related by marriage). (various references) | |
French | par alliance (-in-law). (various references) | |
German | Schwieger- (by marriage, In law, -in-law). (various references) | |
Italian | per via di matrimonio (by, by marriage, -in-law). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: in. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n" | |
+1 letter: ain, ani, bin, din, fin, gin, hin, ink, inn, ins, ion, jin, kin, lin, nib, nil, nim, nip, nit, nix, pin, rin, sin, tin, win, yin, zin. | |
+2 letters: agin, ains, airn, akin, amin, anil, anis, anti, ayin, bani, bind, bine, bins, bint, blin, brin, cain, chin, cine, cion, coin, coni, deni, dine, ding, dink, dins, dint, djin, fain, find, fine, fink, fino, fins, firn, foin, gain, gien, gink, gins, girn, grin, hind, hins, hint, hisn, icon, ikon, inby, inch, info, inia, inks, inky, inly, inns, inro, inti, into, ions, iron, jink, jinn, jins, jinx, join, kain, kiln, kina, kind, kine, king, kink, kino, kins, kirn, knit, lain, lien, limn, line, ling, link, linn, lino, lins, lint, liny, lion, loin, main, mien, mina, mind, mine, mini, mink, mint, minx, muni, naif, nail, naoi, nazi, neif, nevi, nibs, nice, nick, nide, nidi, nigh, nill, nils, nims, nine, nipa, nips, nisi, nite, nits, nixe, nixy, nodi, noil, noir, nori, oink, pain, pein, pian, pina, pine, ping, pink, pins, pint, piny, pion, pirn, pyin, quin, rain, rani, rein, rind, ring, rink, rins, ruin, sain, shin, sign, sine, sing, sinh, sink, sins, skin, snib, snip, snit, spin, tain, thin, tine, ting, tins, tint, tiny, twin, tyin, unai, unci, unit, vain, vein, vina, vine, vino, viny, wain, whin, wind, wine, wing, wink, wino, wins, winy, yins, yoni, zein, zinc, zing, zins. | |
+3 letters: acing, acini, actin, again, aging, airns, algin, alien, align, aline, aloin, amain, amine, amino, amins, amnia, amnic, amnio, anile, anils, anima, anime, animi, anion, anise, antic, antis, anvil, apian, aping, auxin, avian, avion, awing, axing, axion, ayins, azine, bairn, basin, begin, being, benni, binal, bindi, binds, bines, binge, bingo, binit, bints, biont, bison, blain, blind, blini, blink, boing, brain, brine, bring, brink, brins, briny, bruin, burin, cabin, cains, cairn, canid, chain, china, chine, chink, chino, chins, cinch, cines, cions, cline, cling, clink, coign, coins, colin, conic, conin, covin, cuing, cumin, cutin, cynic, danio, deign, denim, diene, dinar, dined, diner, dines, dinge, dingo, dings, dingy, dinks, dinky, dints, divan, diwan, dizen, djinn, djins, doing, drain, drink, dwine, dying, eikon, eking, elain, elfin, elint, eloin, ennui, enoki, entia, envoi, eosin, exine, eying, fagin, faint, feign, feint, ficin, fiend, final, finch, finds, fined, finer, fines, finis, finks, finny, finos, firns, fling, flint, foins, fundi, fungi, gains, gamin, garni, genic, genie, genii, genip, giant, ginks, ginny, gipon, girns, giron, given, glint, going, gonia, gonif, grain, grind, grins, groin, hemin, hinds, hinge, hinny, hints, hying, icing, icons, ikons, imine, imino, inane, inapt, inarm, inbye, incog, incur, incus, index, indie, indol, indow, indri, indue, inept, inert, infer, infix, infos, infra, ingle, ingot, inion, inked, inker, inkle, inlay, inlet, inned, inner, input, inset, inter, intis, intro, inure, inurn, invar, iodin, ionic, iring, irone, irons, irony, jingo, jinks, jinni, jinns, joins, joint, kains, kanji, kiang, kilns, kinas, kinds, kines, kings, kinin, kinks, kinky, kinos, kirns, knife, knish, knits, koine, lanai, lapin, lenis, levin, liana, liane, liang, liens, ligan, liken, liman, limen, limns, linac, lindy, lined, linen, liner, lines, liney, linga, lingo, lings, lingy, linin, links, linky, linns, linos, lints, linty, linum, lions, lipin, liven, loins, lungi, lupin, lying, lysin, mains, mania, manic, matin, mavin, meiny, miens, minae, minas, mince, mincy, minds, mined, miner, mines, mingy, minim, minis, minke, minks, minny, minor, mints, minty, minus, mizen, monie, mucin, munis, nabis, nadir, naevi, naiad, naifs, nails, naira, naive, naric, naris, nazis, neifs, neigh, neist, newie, nicad, nicer, niche, nicks, nicol, nidal, nided, nides, nidus, niece, nieve, nifty, nighs, night, nihil, nills, nimbi, nines, ninja, ninny, ninon, ninth, nipas, nippy, nisei, nisus, niter, nites, nitid, niton, nitre, nitro, nitty, nival, nixed, nixes, nixie, nizam, noils, noily, noirs, noise, noisy, nomoi, noria, noris, nubia, nudie, ohing, oinks, olein, onion, onium, ontic, opine, oping, opsin, orcin, ornis, orpin, ovine, owing, pains, paint, panic, patin, pavin, peins, pekin, penis, penni, piano, pians, piing, pinas, pinch, pined, pines, piney, pingo, pings, pinko, pinks, pinky, pinna, pinny, pinon, pinot, pinta, pinto, pints, pinup, pions, pirns, piton, plain, plink, poind, point, prink, print, prion, purin, pyins, quins, quint, quoin, rains, rainy, ranid, ranis, ravin, rawin, reign, reink, reins, renig, renin, repin, resin, rewin, rhino, riant, ricin, rinds, rings, rinks, rinse, ripen, risen, riven, robin, rosin, ruing, ruins, runic, rutin, sabin, sains, saint, sarin, sasin, satin, savin, scion, segni, seine, sengi, senti, serin, shine, shins, shiny, signs, since, sines, sinew, singe, sings, sinhs, sinks, sinus, siren, skein, skink, skins, skint, slain, sling, slink, snail, snibs, snick, snide, sniff, snipe, snips, snits, sonic, sozin, spine, spins, spiny, stain, stein, sting, stink, stint, suing, suint, swain, swine, swing, swink, tains, taint, takin, teind, tenia, thein, thine, thing, think, thins, tigon, tinct, tinea, tined, tines, tinge, tings, tinny, tints, titan, tondi, tonic, toxin, train, trine, tunic, twain, twine, twins, twiny, tying, tyiyn, unais, unbid, uncia, undid, unfit, unfix, unhip, unify, union, unite, units, unity, unlit, unmix, unpin, unrig, unrip, untie, until, unwit, unzip, urine, using, veins, veiny, venin, viand, vimen, vinal, vinas, vinca, vined, vines, vinic, vinos, vinyl, vixen, vying, wains, whine, whins, whiny, widen, wigan, wince, winch, winds, windy, wined, wines, winey, wings, wingy, winks, winos, winze, witan, wizen, wring, xenia, xenic, yince, yogin, yonic, yonis, zayin, zeins, zincs, zincy, zineb, zings, zingy, zinky. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)2D 49 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)00101101 01001001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)- I N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)002D 0049 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)154348 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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