Meanings
- not comparablepronominalin that; in that place; in him/her/it.
September 1792, George Washington, letter My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
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"Ha," said Robin, "comest thou from Locksley Town? Well do I know that fair place for miles about, and well do I know each hedgerow and gentle pebbly stream, and even all the bright little fishes therein, for there I was born and bred. Now, where goest thou with thy meat, my fair friend?"
1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC'Behold! once more I kiss thee, and by that kiss I give to thee dominion over sea and earth, over the peasant in his hovel, over the monarch in his palace halls, and cities crowned with towers, and those who breathe therein.'
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLCSynonyms: therewithin, thereinside · Antonyms: therewithout, thereoutside
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin that; in that place; in him/her/it.
More synonyms by meaning
adverb(formal) in or into that thing or place
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*þarin
- Proto-West Germanic*þārin
- Old Englishþǣrin
- Middle Englishtheryn
- Englishtherein
From Middle English theryn, ther-inne, þer-in, from Old English þǣrin, þǣrinne, from Proto-West Germanic *þārin, *þārinna, from Proto-Germanic *þarin, *þarinna, equivalent to there + in. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerin (“therein”), West Frisian dêryn (“therein”), Dutch daarin (“therein”), German Low German daarin (“therein”), German darin, drin (“therein”), Danish deri (“therein”), Swedish däri (“therein”), Icelandic þar í (“therein”).
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Bulgarian на това място, в това отношение
- на това място (na tova mjasto)in that; in that place; in him/her/it
- в това отношение (v tova otnošenie)in that; in that place; in him/her/it
Esperanto tie
- tiein that; in that place; in him/her/it
Hungarian benne, abban
- bennein that; in that place; in him/her/it
- abbanin that; in that place; in him/her/it
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with therein
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therein. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therein
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