in
adjective/ɪn/
/ɪn/
[usually before noun] (informal)- popular and fashionable
- Purple is the in colour this spring.
- Exotic pets are the in thing right now.
- Short skirts are in again.
Word OriginOld English in (preposition), inn, inne (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German in (preposition), German ein (adverb), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin in and Greek en.Definitions on the go
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