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ins

/ɪnz/

ins is the plural of in.

Meaning of in

Noun

in (plural ins)

  1. A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.
    • His parents got him an in with the company.
  2. (in plural) One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office.
    • This memoir has nothing to do with the question between the ins and the outs; it is intended neither to support nor to assail the administration; it is general in its views upon a general and national subject; […]1827, Benjamin Chew, A Sketch of the Politics, Relations, and Statistics, of the Western World, page 192
    Antonyms:
    out
  3. The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings.

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Verb

ins

  1. insert

Noun (1) capitalized: INS

INS (plural INSs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of isolated neutron star.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of inertial navigation system.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of iodine number saponification.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: INS

INS

  1. (US, abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of Immigration and Naturalization Service.
    • I began to call the INS regularly to check up on the status of my application. I got the proverbial "run-around," and this effort only confirmed my suspicion that the INS was sitting on my application.1986, Gilberto Gerald, “With My Head Held Up High”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology
    • Rudi Dekkers of Huffman Aviation, where Atta, 33, and Al-Shehhi, 23, first trained in July 2000, showed the yellow INS forms to CNN during an interview Monday. Dekkers said he was surprised to get the forms at such a late date.2002 March 12, Mark Potter, Rich Phillips, “Six months after Sept. 11, hijackers' visa approval letters received”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2019
  2. (India, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Indian Naval Ship.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ins

Ins (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Insert.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ins

Ins

  1. (China, abbreviation, clipping) Clipping of Instagram.
    • Ins story
    Synonyms:
    IG

Synonyms of ins

Forms of ins

pluralINSs

Phrases with ins

4 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with ins

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ins

What does ins mean?
Ins means insert.
What is ins the plural of?
Ins is the plural of in.
What part of speech is ins?
Ins can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ins?
Ins is pronounced /ɪnz/.

Words near ins in the dictionary

  1. inrushed
  2. inrushes
  3. inrushing
  4. inrushings
  5. inrō
  6. ins
  7. ins and outs
  8. ins.
  9. Insabbatati
  10. insack
  11. insacked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ins (page history and authors); INS (page history and authors); Ins (page history and authors); in (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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