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herein

Syllables: here·in/hɪəˈɹɪn/US/hɪɹˈɪn/

herein adverb: in this; within this content, context, or thing.

Adverb

herein (not comparable)

  1. In this; within this content, context, or thing.
    • […] 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 […]1759, William Robertson, History of Scotland
    • 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.1851, Appleton's Mechanics' Magazine and Engineers' Journal, page 190

herein meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali

herein in Hindi

within this content or context
एतस्मिन् etasmin

herein in Tamil

இப்பால்

herein in Bengali

এখানে, ইহার মধ্যে

Examples of herein in a sentence

  • The equational theories developed herein are ordinary conditional equational theories.1992, Ralph W. Wilkerson, Advances in Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning, page 53:
  • Were you a party to any suit terminated within the year immediately preceding the filing of the original petition herein?2010, Carl Battle, Legal Forms for Everyone, page 192:

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Origin of herein

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”).

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Questions about herein

What does herein mean?
Herein means in this; within this content, context, or thing.
What is herein in Hindi?
Herein in Hindi is एतस्मिन् (etasmin). See Herein meaning in Hindi.
How do you use herein in a sentence?
The equational theories developed herein are ordinary conditional equational theories.
What part of speech is herein?
Herein is an adverb.
How do you pronounce herein?
Herein is pronounced /hɪɹˈɪn/ (US).

Words near herein in the dictionary

  1. heregelds
  2. heregild
  3. heregilds
  4. heregulin
  5. herehence
  6. herein
  7. hereinabove
  8. hereinafter
  9. hereinbefore
  10. hereinbelow
  11. hereinelsewhere

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: herein (page history and authors); herein (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); herein (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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