herein
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See also: herein-
Etymology
From Middle English here-inne, her-in, her-inne, hier-ine, from Old English hērinne, from Proto-West Germanic *hērinna, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂rinna, equivalent to here + in. Cognate with West Frisian hjiryn (“herein”), Dutch hierin (“herein”), German hierin (“herein”), Danish heri (“herein”), Swedish häri (“herein”), Icelandic hér í (“herein”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /hɪɹˈɪn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪəˈɹɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn
- Hyphenation: here‧in
Adverb
herein (not comparable)
- In this; within this content, context, or thing.
- 1759, William Robertson, History of Scotland:
- […] that if he be not fully satisfied herein, or doubt that the rest of the associates shall not like of the delivery of them to her Majesty in this good manner […]
- 1851, Appleton's Mechanics' Magazine and Engineers' Journal, page 190:
- I also claim making the touguing hand-plane in such a manner as to enable the workman to make therewith tongues of various thicknesses, substantially, in the manner herein set forth, whereby I prevent the necessity of providing different tools to tongue planks of different thicknesses.
Related terms
Translations
within this content or context
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See also
See also
- (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (again): thereagain
- (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
- (around): therearound, wherearound
- (as): thereas, whereas
- (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before): herebefore, therebefore
- (beside): therebeside
- (between): therebetween, wherebetween
- (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
- (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence): herehence, therehence
- (in): herein, therein, wherein
- (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
- (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
- (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
- (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
- (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
Anagrams
Adjective
herein
Declension
| Inflection of herein (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation) | |||
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| nominative | herein | hereimmät | |
| genitive | hereimmän | hereimpien hereinten | |
| partitive | hereintä | hereimpiä | |
| illative | hereimpään | hereimpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | herein | hereimmät | |
| accusative | nom. | herein | hereimmät |
| gen. | hereimmän | ||
| genitive | hereimmän | hereimpien hereinten hereimpäin rare | |
| partitive | hereintä | hereimpiä | |
| inessive | hereimmässä | hereimmissä | |
| elative | hereimmästä | hereimmistä | |
| illative | hereimpään | hereimpiin | |
| adessive | hereimmällä | hereimmillä | |
| ablative | hereimmältä | hereimmiltä | |
| allative | hereimmälle | hereimmille | |
| essive | hereimpänä | hereimpinä | |
| translative | hereimmäksi | hereimmiksi | |
| abessive | hereimmättä | hereimmittä | |
| instructive | — | hereimmin | |
| comitative | — | hereimpine | |
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Adjective
herein
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
herein
- in (in the direction of the speaker)
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