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-IN

Definition: -IN

-IN

1. A suffix. See the Note under -ine.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: -IN

DomainDefinitions

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 The country code for India. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: -IN

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: -IN

Specialty definitions using "-IN": amoergros de Tours. (references)
Etymologies containing "-IN": AlkarsinChrysarobinElastinformalinHaematoinIodothyrinMyeloidinParigenin, Phillygenin, PicrotoxinSapogeninUrechitoxin. (references)

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Commercial Usage: -IN

DomainTitle

Books

  • Field Guide to the Slug: Explore the Secret World of Slugs and Their Kin -In Forest, Fields, and Gardens from Southeast Alaska to California) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: -IN

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Also, imports are several times greater than export -in 1999 the imports were USD 195 million and exports 25.5 million. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: -IN

"-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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)87.5%7133,076
Adjective (general or positive)12.5%1339,140
                    Total100.00%8N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: -IN

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "-IN": datasets--in, difficulties--in, firm--in, problems--in, ruled--in.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: -IN

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.

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Anagrams: -IN

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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.

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Alternative Orthography: -IN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

2D 49 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

00101101 01001001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#45 &#73 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

002D 0049 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

154348

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INDEX

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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