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As an initialism inn

is international nonproprietary name - the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as designated by the world health organization (who).

As a preposition among is

denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects (see usage note at amidst).

inn

English

Noun

(wikipedia inn) (en noun)
  • Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
  • * Washington Irving
    • the miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial inn
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn , after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
  • A tavern.
  • One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
    • the Inns''' of Court; the '''Inns''' of Chancery; Serjeants' '''Inns
  • (UK, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
    • Leicester Inn
  • (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
    • (Chaucer)
  • * Spenser
    • Therefore with me ye may take up your inn / For this same night.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * bed and breakfast * guesthouse * hostel * hotel * motel

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To house; to lodge.
    • (Chaucer)
  • (obsolete) To take lodging; to lodge.
    • (Addison)

    Anagrams

    * English terms with homophones ----

    among

    English

    Alternative forms

    * amonge (archaic) * amoung (obsolete)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst)
  • Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}
  • Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
  • *
    • Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]

    Usage notes

    * For the comparison of among'' with ''between'', see the usage notes in ''between . * Due to a belief that "amongst" is an archaic/Commonwealth variant, many Americans use "among" exclusively.

    Synonyms

    * amongst (variant of among) * amidst * amid

    See also

    * between

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