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Eagerlearner Posted 18 years ago
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Senses of "in"

0Here I like to know the fine senses of "in". Sense is the most primitive meaning of a word.02br
00John lives in Indonesia02br
00The "in" here shows within the limits, bounds, or area of02br
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00centimeter in 2 kilometer02br
002 kilometer in centimeter02br
00are those two :in" the same ?02br
00what is the sense of "in" of each if they are different or whicever way ? 02br
00Thanks0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Here I like to know the fine senses of "in". Sense is the most primitive meaning of a word. 02br 02br 01font 00John lives in Indonesia02font 02br 02br 01font 00The "in" here shows within the limits, bounds, or area of02font 02br 02br 01font 00centimeter in 2 kilometer 02font 00eg How many centimeters are there in 2 kilometers?

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Here I like to know the fine senses of "in".
  • Sense is the most primitive meaning of a word.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00John lives in Indonesia02font 02br 02br 01font 00The "in" here shows within the limits, bounds, or area of02font 02br 02br 01font 00centimeter in 2 kilometer 02font 00eg How many centimeters are there in 2 kilometers?
  • I don't know, but it's a very large number.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00are those two :in" the same ?
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Here I like to know the fine senses of "in". Sense is the most primitive meaning of a word. 02font00I'd say the most 'basic sense' of 'in' is of something 01b00contained by02b00 something, as in your example about John..02br
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01font00John liv
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0Thanks for the reply, so you are saying that the sense of "in" about john, with the length units are the same ?02br
00If I would like to differentiate those two "in",02br
00maybe the "in" of john would be limited to area.02br
00the second one would be limited to measurement.02br
00Or do you have a better differentiation ? Thanks.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Sure,you can say that if you want to.02br
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00My dictionary definition of 'in' includes01i00 'expressing inclusion or position within limits of space, time, circumstance, etc'02i00.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0The basic and literal sense of 01i00in02i00 is containment, as Clive has pointed out.02br
00Every other meaning of 01i00in02i00 is metaphoric on containment. In02br
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01i00How many centimeters are there in a kilometer? 02i02br
00it seems to me fairly easy to see the connection with conta
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0Most basic sense is "not out".0-
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