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adverb (FROM OUTSIDE) /ɪn/Definition
A2 from outside, or towards the centre: Could you bring the clothes in for me? The roof of their house caved in during a hurricane. Cut the pastry into a square and turn in the corners.In and at be in and out of somewhere informal › to often be staying in and receiving treatment in a particular place: She's been in and out of hospitals ever since the accident.In and at
(Definition of in adverb (FROM OUTSIDE) 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 (SPORT)
- in preposition (ARRANGEMENT)
- 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
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- intra- prefix
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