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preposition (ARRANGEMENT) /ɪn/Definition
B1 used to show how things or people are arranged or divided: We all sat down in a circle. The desks were arranged in rows of ten. Discounts are available to people travelling in large groups. Sometimes customers buy books in twos and threes, but rarely in larger quantities than that. Cut the potatoes in two. People are dying in their thousands from cold and starvation.In and at
(Definition of in preposition (ARRANGEMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at preposition (PLACE)
- en- prefix
- from within idiom
- in adverb (FROM OUTSIDE)
- in adverb (SPORT)
- in preposition (INSIDE)
- in preposition (PART)
- in the depth(s) of somewhere idiom
- in your tracks idiom
- in-house adjective, adverb
- inner adjective
- inner circle noun
- innermost adjective
- inside noun
- interior adjective
- internal adjective
- intra- prefix
- therein adverb
- wherein adverb, conjunction
- within preposition, adverb
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