INS
or I.N.S.
- Immigration and Naturalization Service.
- International News Service, a news-gathering agency: merged in 1958 with United Press to form United Press International.
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in
[in]
- (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
- (used to indicate inclusion within something abstract or immaterial): in politics; in the autumn.
- (used to indicate inclusion within or occurrence during a period or limit of time): in ancient times; a task done in ten minutes.
- (used to indicate limitation or qualification, as of situation, condition, relation, manner, action, etc.): to speak in a whisper; to be similar in appearance.
- (used to indicate means): sketched in ink; spoken in French.
- (used to indicate motion or direction from outside to a point within) into: Let's go in the house.
- (used to indicate transition from one state to another): to break in half.
- (used to indicate object or purpose): speaking in honor of the event.
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- in or into some place, position, state, relation, etc.: Please come in.
- on the inside; within.
- in one's house or office.
- in office or power.
- in possession or occupancy.
- having the turn to play, as in a game.
- Baseball. (of an infielder or outfielder) in a position closer to home plate than usual; short: The third baseman played in, expecting a bunt.
- on good terms; in favor: He's in with his boss, but he doubts it will last.
- in vogue; in style: He says straw hats will be in this year.
- in season: Watermelons will soon be in.
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- located or situated within; inner; internal: the in part of a mechanism.
- Informal.
- in favor with advanced or sophisticated people; fashionable; stylish: the in place to dine; Her new novel is the in book to read this summer.
- comprehensible only to a special or ultrasophisticated group: an in joke.
- well-liked; included in a favored group.
- inward; incoming; inbound: an in train.
- plentiful; available.
- being in power, authority, control, etc.: a member of the in party.
- playing the last nine holes of an eighteen-hole golf course (opposed to out): His in score on the second round was 34.
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- Usually ins. persons in office or political power (distinguished from outs).
- a member of the political party in power: The election made him an in.
- pull or influence; a social advantage or connection: He's got an in with the senator.
- (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) a return or service that lands within the in-bounds limits of a court or section of a court (opposed to out).
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- to enclose.
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- be in for, to be bound to undergo something, especially a disagreeable experience: We are in for a long speech.
- in for it, Slang. about to suffer chastisement or unpleasant consequences, especially of one's own actions or omissions: I forgot our anniversary again, and I'll be in for it now.Also British, for it.
- in that, because; inasmuch as: In that you won't have time for supper, let me give you something now.
- in with, on friendly terms with; familiar or associating with: They are in with all the important people.
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Origin of in
before 900; 1925–30 for def 28; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German, Dutch, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Gothic in, Old Norse ī, Latin in, Greek en, Lithuanian į
ins.
- inches.
- Chiefly British. inscribed.
- inspector.
- insulated.
- insurance.
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Examples from the Web for ins
Contemporary Examples
I wanted to ask the question I think every mother who is fascinated by the ins and outs of the real case wants answered.
And immigrants from the Caucasus can expect much greater scrutiny from INS.
She has a blog, Fox on Stocks, where the self-taught savant holds forth on the ins and outs of the market.
When Celebrities Like Mila Kunis Talk Stocks, It’s Time to Get Out of the MarketDaniel Gross
March 15, 2013
He has spent 30 years getting to know the ins and outs of the company.
Budding designers learn the ins and outs of the fashion industry over four intense days in New York.
Historical Examples
It would take too long and I don't know the ins and outs of it, anyway.
Galusha the MagnificentJoseph C. Lincoln
Mind as you're not ower keen at seein' the ins and oots o' that pewter.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
Then I'll be a Lance in a year—knowin' what I know about the ins an' outs o' things.
Soldiers Three, Part II.Rudyard Kipling
We can discuss all the ins and outs some day when this is all over.
The Best Made PlansEverett B. Cole
He gave the ins and outs of some of the misdemeanours of which he stood accused.
The heart of happy hollowPaul Laurence Dunbar
INS
- International News Service
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In
- indium
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IN
- Indiana
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ins.
- inches
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in1
- inside; withinno smoking in the auditorium
- at a place where there islying in the shade; walking in the rain
- indicating a state, situation, or conditionin a deep sleep; standing in silence
- before or when (a period of time) has elapsedcome back in one year
- using (a language, etc) as a means of communicationwritten in code
- concerned or involved with, esp as an occupationin journalism
- expressing a ratio, proportion, or probabilityone in five boys
- while or by performing the action of; as a consequence of or by means ofin crossing the street he was run over
- used to indicate goal or purposein honour of the president
- (used of certain animals) about to give birth to; pregnant with (specified offspring)in foal; in calf
- a variant of into she fell in the water; he tore the paper in two
- have it in one (often foll by an infinitive) to have the ability (to do something)
- in it Australian informal joining in; taking part
- in that or in so far as (conjunction) because or to the extent that; inasmuch asI regret my remark in that it upset you
- nothing in it no difference or interval between two things
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- in or into a particular place; inward or indoorscome in; bring him in
- so as to achieve office, power, or authoritythe Conservatives got in at the last election
- so as to encloseblock in; cover in a hole
- (in certain games) so as to take one's turn or one's team's turn at a certain aspect of the play; taking one's inningsyou have to get the other side out before you go in
- British (of a fire) alightdo you keep the fire in all night?
- (in combination) indicating an activity or gathering, esp one organized to protest against somethingteach-in; work-in
- in at present at (the beginning, end, etc)
- in between between
- in for about to be affected by (something, esp something unpleasant)you're in for a shock
- in on acquainted with or sharing inI was in on all his plans
- in with associated with; friendly with; regarded highly by
- have it in for or have got it in for informal to wish or intend harm towards
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- (stressed) fashionable; modishthe in thing to do
- NZ competingyou've got to be in to win
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- ins and outs intricacies or complications; detailsthe ins and outs of a computer system
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Word Origin
Old English; compare Old High German in, Welsh yn, Old Norse ī, Latin in, Greek en
in2
- India
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Word Origin and History for ins
in
Old English in (prep.) "in, into, upon, on, at, among; about, during;" inne (adv.) "within, inside," from Proto-Germanic *in (cf. Old Frisian, Dutch, German, Gothic in, Old Norse i), from PIE *en "in" (cf. Greek en, Latin in "in, into," Old Irish in, Welsh yn-, Old Church Slavonic on-). As an adjective from 1590s.
The forms merged in Middle English. Modern sense distinction between in and on is from later Middle English. Sense of "holding power" (the in party) first recorded c.1600; that of "exclusive" (the in-crowd, an in-joke) is from 1907 (in-group); that of "stylish, fashionable" (the in thing) is from 1960. The noun sense of "influence, access" (have an in with) first recorded 1929 in American English. In-and-out "copulation" is attested from 1610s.
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In
- The symbol for the elementindium
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In
- The symbol for indium.
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Idioms and Phrases with ins
in
In addition to the idioms beginning with in, also see under out of
- in a bad light
- in a bad mood
- in a bad way
- in a big way
- in a bind
- in a breeze
- in absentia
- in a cold sweat
- in addition
- in a dither
- in advance
- in a fix
- in a flash
- in a flutter
- in a fog
- in a good light
- in a hole
- in a huff
- in a jam
- in a lather
- in all
- in all one's born days
- in all probability
- in a manner of speaking
- in and of itself
- in a nutshell
- in any case
- in a pig's eye
- in a pinch
- in arms
- in arrears
- in a rut
- in a sense
- in a snit
- in a state
- in a stew
- in a tight corner
- in a tizzy
- in at the death
- in a walk
- in a way
- in awe of, be
- in a while
- in a word
- in a world of one's own
- in back of
- in bad
- in bad faith
- in bad with, be
- in behalf of
- in between
- in between times
- in black and white
- in brief
- in bulk
- in cahoots
- in care of
- in case
- in cement
- in character
- in charge
- in check
- in chorus
- in circles
- in circulation
- in clover
- in cold blood
- in cold storage
- in commission
- in common
- in concert
- in condition
- in confidence
- in conscience
- in consequence
- in consideration of
- in creation
- in deep
- in default of
- in defiance of
- in demand
- in depth
- in detail
- in dispute
- in drag
- in due course
- in Dutch
- in earnest
- in effect
- in effigy
- in escrow
- in essence
- in evidence
- in excess of
- in exchange
- in fact
- in fashion
- in favor of
- in favor with
- in fine feather
- in for
- in for a penny, in for a pound
- in force
- in front of
- in full
- in full swing
- in general
- in good condition
- in good faith
- in good hands
- in good part
- in good spirits
- in good stead
- in good time
- in good with, be
- in half
- in hand
- in harness
- in heat
- in high dudgeon
- in honor of
- in hopes of
- in itself
- in keeping with
- in key
- in kind
- in large measure
- in league with
- in left field
- in lieu of
- in light of
- in limbo
- in line
- in love
- in luck
- in memory of
- in mind
- in name only
- in no case
- in nothing flat
- in no time
- in no uncertain terms
- in on, be
- in one blow
- in one breath
- in one ear and out the other
- in one fell swoop
- in one piece
- in one's
- in one's behalf
- in one's blood
- in one's book
- in one's cups
- in one's element
- in one's eyes
- in one's favor
- in one's glory
- in one's hands
- in one's heart of hearts
- in one's interest
- in one's mind's eye
- in one's name
- in one's own backyard
- in one's own right
- in one's own world
- in one's pocket
- in one's prime
- in one's right mind
- in one's shell
- in one's tracks
- in one stroke
- in one's way
- in orbit
- in order
- in other words
- in over one's head
- in part
- in particular
- in passing
- in perpetuity
- in person
- in phase
- in place
- in place of
- in plain English
- in play
- in pocket
- in point
- in practice
- in principle
- in print
- in private
- in progress
- in proportion
- in public
- in question
- in quest of
- in reach
- in reality
- in reason
- in reference to
- in regard to
- in relation to
- in reserve
- in residence
- in respect to
- in retrospect
- in return
- in round numbers
- ins and outs
- in search of
- in season
- in secret
- in seventh heaven
- in shape
- in short
- in short order
- in short supply
- inside of
- inside out
- inside track, the
- in sight
- in single file
- in so many words
- in some measure
- in someone's
- in someone's bad graces
- in someone's face
- in someone's good graces
- in someone's hair
- in someone's shoes
- in someone's stead
- in spades
- in specie
- in spite of
- in state
- in step
- in stitches
- in stock
- in store
- in stride
- in style
- in substance
- in terms of
- in that
- in that case
- in the act
- in the aggregate
- in the air
- in the air
- in the altogether
- in the back
- in the bag
- in the balance
- in the ballpark
- in the bargain
- in the black
- in the blood
- in the bud
- in the buff
- in the can
- in the cards
- in the care of
- in the case of
- in the chips
- in the circumstances
- in the clear
- in the clouds
- in the cold light of day
- in the course of
- in the dark
- in the dock
- in the doghouse
- in the doldrums
- in the driver's seat
- in the dumps
- in the dust, leave someone
- in the end
- in the event of
- in the eye
- in the eye of
- in the face
- in the face of
- in the family way
- in the final analysis
- in the first place
- in the flesh
- in the flush of
- in the fullness of time
- in the groove
- in the gutter
- in the hands of
- in the heat of
- in the hole
- in the hope
- in the hot seat
- in the interest of
- in the interim
- in the know
- in the lap of luxury
- in the least
- in the limelight
- in the long run
- in the loop
- in the lurch
- in the main
- in the making
- in the market for
- in the middle of
- in the midst
- in the money
- in the mood
- in the mouth
- in the name of
- in the near future
- in the neck
- in the neighborhood of
- in the nick of time
- in the offing
- in the picture, be
- in the pink
- in the pipeline
- in the public eye
- in the raw
- in the red
- in there pitching
- in the right, be
- in the rough
- in the round
- in the running
- in the saddle
- in the same boat
- in the same breath
- in the same league
- in the same mold
- in the second place
- in the short run
- in the soup
- in the street
- in the swim
- in the teeth of
- in the throes
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in the unlikely event
- in the wake of
- in the way
- in the wind
- in the wings
- in the works
- in the world
- in the worst way
- in the wrong
- in thing, the
- in this day and age
- in time
- in time
- in token of
- in touch, be
- in tow
- in trouble with
- in trust
- in tune
- in turn
- in two shakes
- in unison
- in up to
- in vain
- in view
- in view of
- in wait
- in waiting
- in with, be
- in your face
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