ins

as ininfluence
as inliaison
as inlink
as inparticipant
as inrage
as instrength
as inaccess
as intip/tipoff
as inentree
as intip-off
as inentrée
as infad
as ininterrupt
as inbelong

Synonyms for ins

noun power, authority

Antonyms for ins

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for ins

It would take too long and I don't know the ins and outs of it, anyway.

Mind as you're not ower keen at seein' the ins and oots o' that pewter.

Then I'll be a Lance in a year—knowin' what I know about the ins an' outs o' things.

We can discuss all the ins and outs some day when this is all over.

He gave the ins and outs of some of the misdemeanours of which he stood accused.

“Now I understand all the ins and outs of the matter,” replied Paddy.

The top edge of the charging chute ranges from 30½ to 38 ins.

In Example I the girders had a depth below the floor of 12 ins.

The deflection of the centers at the crown was a maximum of 3¼ ins.

Each of these cylinders of expanded metal and wire was 30 ins.