in

preposition (CHARACTERISTIC)

/ɪn/

Definition

› used to show which characteristic or part of a person or thing is being described: The new version is worse in every respect - I much preferred the original. Are the two bags equal in weight? She's deaf in her left ear.

(Definition of in preposition (CHARACTERISTIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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in phase/out of phase idiom
in preposition (AGE/TEMPERATURE)
in preposition (ARRANGEMENT)
in preposition (BEFORE THE END)
in preposition (CAUSE)
in preposition (CHARACTERISTIC)
in preposition (COMPARING AMOUNTS)
in preposition (DURING)
in preposition (EXPERIENCING)
in preposition (EXPRESSED)
in preposition (INSIDE)

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Business
Clothes
Education
Finance
Light and colour
Personal care

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go in phrasal verb (ENTER)
go in phrasal verb (BECOME HIDDEN)
go in phrasal verb (BE UNDERSTOOD)
cut in phrasal verb (TALK)
cut in phrasal verb (DRIVE)
cut in phrasal verb (DANCE)

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be nothing/not much/very little in it idiom
in all idiom
in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulness idiom
be/get in with sb idiom
in on sth idiom
be well in there idiom

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