in fact

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English in

Pronunciation

• ɪn

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 235
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 72
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4087
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 91

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Preposition

in: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. for

   As in!  — (KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__157, As if!)

2. dep (frequency:303)

   In di…  — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__61, In the...)

   ehn once in a...  — (NST_cleaned__37438, __no translation__)

3. advmod (frequency:6)

   As in so as I go dere, I say na wetin be dis?  — (PRT_10_Market_DG__47, As in, so, as I went there, I said what is this ?)

4. conj:dicto (frequency:5)

   In in di evening, we go still dey im house dere o.  — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__56, In, in the evening, we would still be there, in his house.)

   Ehn even if I direct eh, in, dat no be sey me sabi cook haha.  — (ENU_18_Onugbu-Soup_DG__11, Ehen, even if I direct, it does... it does not mean I know to cook.)

5. conj (frequency:4)

   Di tortoise dey popular in and outside di town and bin dey attract tourists from far and wide everyday.  — (bbc__39066, __no translation__)

   /Twitter Di dogs work to do patrols, surveillance, detection and catch criminals in and around railway facilities.  — (bbc__9619, __no translation__)

6. dep-discourse (frequency:3)

   So in di...  — (NST_cleaned__36382, __no translation__)

   In fact na my papa, choose dis account for me.  — (NST_cleaned__34501, __no translation__)

7. discourse (frequency:2)

   in eh...  — (NST_cleaned__34507, __no translation__)

   De say de do pidgin ehn ehn in, dis ting o.  — (NST_cleaned__25468, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• and in fact

1. And in fact im bin yarn sey e dey hopeful sey as di way wey we say, de dey pray for am, na so, de go dey pray for di peace and unity of we obodo.  — (WAZL_03_News-On-Gmns_MG__25, And in fact, he has said that he's hopeful that as we say, they are praying for him, and that in the same way, they will be praying for the peace and unity of our country.)

   And in fact, yesterday, after de bin rescue de, na so, de carry all of dem go Abuja, ehm... make dem go meet presido, plus oda, oda important, important people.  — (WAZL_03_News-On-Gmns_MG__7, And in fact, after they were rescued yesterday, they were all taken to Abuja, um... to meet with the President and other important figures.)

• all in all

1. Football na my all in all.  — (bbc__43697, __no translation__)

• and in fact sey

1. And in fact sey e no get ehn... e no get brain at all, at all.  — (WAZL_03_News-On-Gmns_MG__35, And in fact, he does not have uh... it's not sensible.)

   And in fact said all of dem bin dey inside good form right now.  — (WAZL_03_News-On-Gmns_MG__15, And in fact, he said all of them are in good condition right now.)

• as in

1. As in!  — (KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__157, As if!)

   As in you gats loyal.  — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__94, I mean, you have to be loyal.)

• in fact

1. In fact, e get one...  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__61, In fact, there is one...)

   In fact no de go k-...  — (LAG_12_Insurance_MG__29, In fact, don't be going k-...)

Synonyms

• a 0.46 2561, is 0.45 1119, was 0.45 222, an 0.43 239, within 0.42 236, designed 0.41 7, has 0.40 131, by 0.39 2825, specific 0.39 74

Antonyms

• a 0.46 2561, is 0.45 1119, was 0.45 222, an 0.43 239, within 0.42 236, designed 0.41 7, has 0.40 131, by 0.39 2825, specific 0.39 74

Translations

• English: no definition

Subordinating Conjunction

in: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:4)

   How you go take know native banga, in case you want to know?  — (NST_cleaned__35882, __no translation__)

   Dis na di long and short of di main tins wey happun, in case you somehow miss am...  — (bbc__41370, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• a 0.46 2561, is 0.45 1119, was 0.45 222, an 0.43 239, within 0.42 236, designed 0.41 7, has 0.40 131, by 0.39 2825, specific 0.39 74

Antonyms

• a 0.46 2561, is 0.45 1119, was 0.45 222, an 0.43 239, within 0.42 236, designed 0.41 7, has 0.40 131, by 0.39 2825, specific 0.39 74

Translations

• English: no definition