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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  In \In\, adv.
     1. Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an
        adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the
        representative of an adverbial phrase, the context
        indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the
        situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the
        Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and
        out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side
        was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e.,
        into the house).
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Their vacation . . . falls in so pat with ours.
                                                    --Lamb.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language,
           to be in when they are furled, or when stowed. In
           certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the in
           train (i. e., the incoming train); compare up grade,
           down grade, undertow, afterthought, etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Law) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a
        holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by
        purchase; in of the seisin of her husband. --Burrill.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     In and in breeding. See under Breeding.
  
     In and out (Naut.), through and through; -- said of a
        through bolt in a ship's side. --Knight.
  
     To be in, to be at home; as, Mrs. A. is in.
  
     To come in. See under Come.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  In \In\, adv.
     1. Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an
        adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the
        representative of an adverbial phrase, the context
        indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the
        situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the
        Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and
        out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side
        was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e.,
        into the house).
  
              Their vacation . . . falls in so pat with ours.
                                                    --Lamb.
  
     Note: The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language,
           to be in when they are furled, or when stowed. In
           certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the in
           train (i. e., the incoming train); compare up grade,
           down grade, undertow, afterthought, etc.
  
     2. (Law) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a
        holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by
        purchase; in of the seisin of her husband. --Burrill.
  
     In and in breeding. See under Breeding.
  
     In and out (Naut.), through and through; -- said of a
        through bolt in a ship's side. --Knight.
  
     To be in, to be at home; as, Mrs. A. is in.
  
     To come in. See under Come.

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  to be in /təbi ˈɪn/
  1. otthon van
  2. megérkezett
  3. uralmon van
  4. szezonja van vminek
  5. kormányon van
  6. megjött
  7. be van takarítva
  8. befutott
  9. divatban van
  10. itthon van
  11. megválasztják

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