In Person

  

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In Person

Definitions: In Person

In Person

Adjective

1. An appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence; "he carried out the negotiations in person"; "a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh".

Adverb

1. In the flesh; without involving anyone else; "I went there personally"; "he appeared in person".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: In Person

Synonyms: in person(p) (adj), in the flesh(p) (adj), in-person(a) (adj), personally (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: In Person

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

News

In progress; live; on the spot; in person.

Presence

On the spot; in person, in the flesh.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: In Person

Specialty definitions using "in person": Abandon, abortion by another, Abstainer, Abuse, abusive registration of a domain name, ACCOUNT-INFORMATION CLERK, Aches, acid-recovery operator, act of necessity, Acutiator, Adder, adjustment clerk, administering to children substances capable of causing injury, administration ad litem, Admonish, Affront, Agdistes, Agreement with Antecedent, aiding suicide, Aim-crier, AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SPECIALIST, STATION, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, Alpha Geek, Alum, Amminadib, Ammonia, Antidiabetic Agent, APOLLO, application clerk, APPOINTMENT CLERK, arable land, arable land area, arranged overdraft, Arthegal, AS FAT AS A HEN IN THE FOREHEAD, ass bird, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assistance by a public official in the escape of prisoners, assistance in the escape of prisoners, assistant mine foreman, assisting offenders, attack on freedom of faith and freedom of worship, attorney at law, authorised signatory, authorized person, autologous bone marrow transplantationbagbiter, Bahr Geist, bail bonding agent, bamf, Bandbox Plot, Baptism for the dead, Baptism of Christ, Bárány chair, BARTHOLOMEW BABY, Beard, Because You Count, Bed, Being localized, Bell, Book, and Candle, beneficial interest, Biæum, Big-wig, Bilker, Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996, bill payable, bird-dogging, Blackboard, Bloggs Family, the, BLOOD-DONOR RECRUITER, BONDING AGENT, Bone-grubber, bonk/oif, BORN UNDER A THREEPENNY HALFPENNY PLANET, Bounding Estimate, Breath, Bronze, Burglars, buys ballot's lawcallback, Calomel, Can't and Couldn't, Capital Fellow, capitation tax, captive public transport passenger, captive transit rider, carjacking, Cars, Cashier, Catch-word, Cattle, causing a collapse or landslide, causing a flood, causing an explosion, causing fear and alarm among the population, CDA, Chief steward, child destruction, CHOAKING PYE, chronic alcoholic. (references)
Etymologies containing "in person": geniusHoodmanNyctalopiaRecognizeeTanistVibrissa. (references)

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Modern Usage: In Person

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm Jesus Christ in person, sent here with a load of crosses, each bigger than the next. (Coup de torchon; writing credit: Jean Aurenche; Bertrand Tavernier)

Lyrics

In person, I want your body ("Muscles"; performing artist: Diana Ross)

Movie/TV Titles

In Person (1935)

Bosko in Person (1933)

In Person (2001)

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

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Commercial Usage: In Person

DomainTitle

Books

  • Super Searchers Go to the Source: The Interviewing and Hands-On Information Strategies of Top Primary Researchers-Online, on the Phone, and in person (reference)

  • How to Be a Great Communicator: In Person, on Paper, and on the Podium (reference)

  • Guerrilla TeleSelling : New Unconventional Weapons and Tactics to Sell When You Can't be There in Person (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Photo Album: In Person

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Gilda Gray herself in person.Credit: Library of Congress.

The marvel of the world ... in person, Thurston presents mysteries of India.Credit: Library of Congress.

On the stage - in person, Hardeen, brother of Houdini handcuffs and jails will not hold him : the greatest mystery show of all times. Mentalist supreme, Princess Yvonne, the mystery girl.Credit: Library of Congress.

In person the eminent psychologist, Dr. C.A. George Newmann presenting America's most unusual entertainment miracles of the mind ....Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Familiar Quotations: In Person

AuthorQuotation

Hosea Ballou

Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.

Pope Pius XI

When there is question of saving souls, or preventing greater harm to souls, We feel the courage to treat with the devil in person.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: In Person

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Decisions will be arrived at on documentary evidence, but it will be open to the Tribunal to hear the parties in person, or according to their preference by their representatives approved by the two Governments, or by the agent referred to above, who shall be competent to intervene along with the party or to reopen and maintain a claim abandoned by the same. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: In Person

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

But Mr. Elton, in person, had driven away all such cares.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

At those solemn words, (r)The Eternal Father in person could do nothing for you , she understood that her sentence was fixed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: In Person

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Results of the test should be given only in person and only to the individual being tested. (references)

Diarrhea, particularly in person who has never been infected, sometimes starts as the worms mature in the intestines and before eggs appear in the stool. (references)

Business

Direct sales are a highly productive way of selling products if it is done in person. (references)

The registration process cannot be done by fax or letter, but in person or through a local representative, not necessarily a lawyer. (references)

Economic History

South Africa

Gold Key Service (GKS) to arrange appointments for those who visit the country in person. (references)

Belgium

As in Great Britain, ministers must defend their policies and performance in person before the Chamber. (references)

Moldova

Always prefers doing business in person, rather than on the telephone and fax or by delegating authority. (references)

Human Rights

Kazakhstan

The Commission receives complaints from citizens in person, by telephone or in writing. (references)

Swaziland

Accused persons are required to appear in person without representation by a legal practitioner or advocate. (references)

Trade

Venezuela

The recipient then has to go, in person, to the central post office, where in the presence of a customs official the package is opened. (references)

Travel

Nicaragua

It is possible to complete the paperwork and pay the deposit ahead of time, although this must be done in person at the Customs office (phone 505-249-5719). (references)

Worker Rights

Ghana

Traffickers in person from other countries reportedly used Accra as a transit point to Europe and reportedly the Middle East. (references)

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

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Spoken Usage: In Person

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

I've seen security personnel turn down the volume on the metal detectors so they can debate whether or not Yasmine Bleeth is hotter in person.

King Constantine of Greece

May I say, Your Majesty, this has been a delight. I've looked forward to it. Wonderful talking with you. And I look forward to meeting you in person in Athens at the next Olympics.

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

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Speeches: In Person

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969I rejected and rejected and then finally accepted the congressional leadership's invitation to come here to speak this farewell to you in person tonight.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: In Person

Expression using "in person": he spoke to professor in person. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translations: In Person

Language Translations for "in person"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vetë (by oneself, herself, himself, itself, mouth, myself, oneself, ourselves, person, personally, piece, themselves, thyself, yourself), personalisht (face to face, in the flesh, personally, privately). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏بشخصه (personally). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

лично (bodily, individually, peculiarly, personally). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

本人 (I, oneself, personal). (various references)

   

Czech

  

osobnì (personally). (various references)

   

Danish

  

medlemmer,der er til stede eller repraesenteret,undlader af stemme (abstentions by members present in person or represented), fristen løber fra den dag,hvor afgørelsen enten er blevet forkyndt for den pågældende personligt eller på hans bopæl (either on the party in person or at his residence, the period runs from the date when the decision was served), forkynde for nogen personligt (to serve on somebody in person). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

iemand in persoon betekenen (to serve on somebody in person), sprekend met hem in persoon (speaking to him in person), onthouding van stemming door aanwezige of vertegenwoordigde leden (abstentions by members present in person or represented), betekening in persoon of aan de woonplaats (either on the party in person or at his residence, the period runs from the date when the decision was served). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

henkilökohtaisesti (in own hands, personally). (various references)

   

French

  

en personne (in himself). (various references)

   

German

  

persönlich (friendly, personal, personally, private, privately). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προσωπικά (personally). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בכבו"ו ובעצמו (he himself). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

személyesen (face to face, in the flesh, in the flesh and blood, personally). (various references)

   

Italian

  

parlando con qualcuno personalmente (speaking to him in person), notificazione alla persona o al suo domicilio (either on the party in person or at his residence, the period runs from the date when the decision was served), notificare personalmente (to serve on somebody in person), le astensioni dei membri presenti o rappresentati (abstentions by members present in person or represented). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

直ちに (at once, directly, immediately). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

た ちに (at once, directly, immediately), したしく (intimately, personally), じかに (directly, headlong), じき (abandonment, at once, being straight, chance, cheerfulness, china, correctness, despair, desperation, direct, frankness, honesty, just, magnetism, near by, next period, next term, night duty, opportunity, period, porcelain, season, seasons, self-recording, simplicity, soon, time, writing oneself), てずから (oneself, personally), ちょく (at once, being straight, cheerfulness, correctness, direct, frankness, honesty, imperial decree, imperial edict, just, near by, night duty, simplicity, soon). (various references)

   

Manx

  

dy persoonagh (personally, privately). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay ersonpay

   

Portuguese

  

notificação pessoal (to serve on somebody in person), falando com alguém pessoalmente (speaking to him in person), citação pessoal ou domiciliária (either on the party in person or at his residence, the period runs from the date when the decision was served), as abstenções dos membros presentes ou representados (abstentions by members present in person or represented). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

персонально (personally). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

lično (by himself, person: in person, personally). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

notificar personalmente (to serve on somebody in person), notificación personal o a domicilio (either on the party in person or at his residence, the period runs from the date when the decision was served), las abstenciones de los miembros presentes o representados (abstentions by members present in person or represented). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

personligen (in own hands, personally), egenhändigt (in one's own hand). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bizzat (herself, himself, itself, myself, personally), şahsen (face to face, in the flesh, personally). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: In Person

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

ipsa, ipsae, ipsaeque, ipsam, ipsamque, ipsaque, ipsarum, ipsas, ipsasque, ipse, ipsi, ipsique, ipsis, ipsius, ipso, ipsorum, ipsos, ipsosque, ipsud, ipsum, ipsumque, praesens, praesente, praesentem, praesentes, praesenti, praesentia, praesentibus, praesentis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: In Person

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-n-n-o-p-r-s"

-1 letter: orpines, pension, pinners, pinones, spinner.

-2 letters: inners, irones, nosier, opines, orpine, orpins, pennis, person, pinner, pinons, poiser, ponies, prions, prison, renins, repins, ripens, senior, sinner, sniper, spinor.

-3 letters: eosin, inner, irone, irons, neons, nines, noirs, noise, nones, noris, opens, opine, opsin, ornis, orpin, osier, peins, penis, penni, peons, peris, piers, pines, pinon, pions, pirns, poise, pones, pores, porns, poser, pries, prion, prise, prone, prose, reins, renin, repin, repos, resin, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, ropes, rosin, senor, serin, siren, snipe, snore, speir, spier, spine, spire, spore.

-4 letters: eons, epos, erns, eros, inns, inro, ions, ires, iron, neon, nine, nips, noes, noir, none, nope, nori, nose, ones, open, opes, ores, pein, pens, peon, peri, peso, pier, pies, pine, pins, pion, pirn, piso, pois, pone, pons, pore, porn, pose, pros, rein, reis, repo, reps, rins, ripe, rips, rise, roes, rope, rose, sine, sipe, sire, snip, sone, sore, sori, sorn, spin.

-5 letters: ens, eon, ern, ers, inn, ins, ion, ire, nip, nor, nos, oes, one, ons, ope, ops, ore, ors, ose, pen, per, pes, pie, pin, pis, poi, pro, psi, rei, rep, res, rin, rip, roe, sei, sen, ser, sin, sip, sir, son, sop, sri.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-n-n-o-p-r-s"
 

+1 letter: pensioner, preunions, pyronines.

 

+2 letters: endorphins, entropions, nonpareils, pensionary, pensioners, prednisone, prehension, prenotions, pretension, reopenings, responding.

 

+3 letters: encryptions, interpoints, interposing, nalorphines, necropsying, nondescript, nonreceipts, omnipresent, personating, personation, prednisones, prehensions, preinvasion, pretensions, preventions, prominences, responsions, septentrion, supernation, trypsinogen.

 

+4 letters: aminopterins, aminopyrines, apprehension, copresenting, expansionary, hypertension, imprisonment, isoprenaline, mispronounce, nondescripts, nonpasserine, nonpurposive, nonspherical, omnipresence, overspending, penetrations, pensionaries, perennations, personations, personifying, precensoring, prednisolone, preignitions, premonishing, premonitions, premunitions, prenominates, presentation, pretensioned, previsioning, proveniences, recompensing, reinspection, reprehension, ropedancings, septentrions, supernations, supervention, transpontine, trepanations, trypsinogens, unresponsive, unstoppering.

 

+5 letters: antipersonnel, antiphonaries, apprehensions, comprehension, containership, corresponding, counterpoints, counterposing, countersniper, enantiomorphs, hypertensions, impersonating, impersonation, impregnations, imprisonments, incorruptness, interceptions, interpersonal, interposition, interruptions, interspersion, intrapersonal, introspecting, introspection, isoprenalines, landownership, mispronounced, mispronounces, nonabsorptive, nondispersive, nondisruptive, nonmembership, nonperishable, nonpermissive, nonpersistent, nonresponsive, omnipresences, overexpansion, pancreozymins, penuriousness, personalising, personalizing, philodendrons, precognitions, preconditions, prednisolones, predominances, preinductions, premoistening, presentations, pretensioning, processioning, reconceptions, reinspections, replantations, repositioning, reprehensions, septentrional, sporopollenin, supernational, superventions, trephinations, underexposing, unimportances, unpretentious.

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

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Alternative Orthography: In Person


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

49 6E      50 65 72 73 6F 6E

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

    

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

01001001 01101110 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01110011 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#32 &#80 &#101 &#114 &#115 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E      0050 0065 0072 0073 006F 006E

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

43802507184858180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Expressions
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Anagrams
17. Orthography
18. Bibliography


  

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