used to indicate location within or inside something three-dimensional
It's in the cupboard
You'll find it in the cupboard
used to indicate location more generally
in reach
in the garden
in London
wounded in the leg
used to indicate location in time
in the summer
in 1959
They will come in an hour
= into (1a)
She went in the house
used to indicate a means, instrument, or medium of expression
drawn in pencil
written in French
drink your health in champagne
used to describe a person's clothing
a child in dungarees
a girl in red
used to indicate qualification, manner, circumstance, or condition
in public
in a hurry
in pain
broken in pieces
used to indicate occupation or membership
a job in insurance
everybody in the team
used to indicate relevance or reference
equal in distance
weak in arithmetic
said in reply
the latest thing in shoes
used to indicate division, arrangement, or quantity
standing in a circle
arrived in their thousands
used to indicate the larger member of a ratio
One in six is eligible
a tax of 40p in the £
said of an animal: pregnant with (young)
in calf
used to introduce indirect objects
rejoicing in their good fortune
used to form adverbial phrases
in fact
of advantage, e.g. between competitors or alternatives
There's not much in it between them
What's in it for me?
for the reason that; because
It's of limited use in that it has no lid