Definition

• prep. - The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among.
• prep. - With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.
• prep. - With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.
• prep. - With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.
• prep. - With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear.
• prep. - With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor.