"in-box" meaning in English

See in-box in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: in-boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} in-box (plural in-boxes)
  1. Alternative form of inbox Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: inbox Categories (topical): E-mail
    Sense id: en-in-box-en-noun--qq2zYOk Disambiguation of E-mail: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50

Verb

Forms: in-boxes [present, singular, third-person], in-boxing [participle, present], in-boxed [participle, past], in-boxed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} in-box (third-person singular simple present in-boxes, present participle in-boxing, simple past and past participle in-boxed)
  1. Alternative form of inbox Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: inbox Categories (topical): E-mail
    Sense id: en-in-box-en-verb--qq2zYOk Disambiguation of E-mail: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for in-box meaning in English (3.6kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "in-boxes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in-box (plural in-boxes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "inbox"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "E-mail",
          "orig": "en:E-mail",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "Internet",
            "All topics",
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Fundamental",
            "Technology"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, Michael Szenberg, Passion and Craft: Economists at Work, page 187",
          "text": "Academic life, like any other, has a full in-box. A professor can stay busy answering his or her mail.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Perry M. Smith, Rules & Tools for Leaders, page 122",
          "text": "Since your next job may not have a very full in-box or a very heavy schedule, and might lack some of the psychic rewards that your previous leadership job had, your state of depression may worsen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Sally Beare, 50 Secrets of the World's Longest Living People, page 177",
          "text": "Our livers were never designed to have such a full in-box, and because most people are nutritionally deficient, the body also lacks the materials needed for detoxification",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of inbox"
      ],
      "id": "en-in-box-en-noun--qq2zYOk",
      "links": [
        [
          "inbox",
          "inbox#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in-box"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "in-boxes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in-boxing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in-boxed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in-boxed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in-box (third-person singular simple present in-boxes, present participle in-boxing, simple past and past participle in-boxed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "inbox"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "E-mail",
          "orig": "en:E-mail",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "Internet",
            "All topics",
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Fundamental",
            "Technology"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of inbox"
      ],
      "id": "en-in-box-en-verb--qq2zYOk",
      "links": [
        [
          "inbox",
          "inbox#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in-box"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English verbs",
    "en:E-mail"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "in-boxes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in-box (plural in-boxes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "inbox"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, Michael Szenberg, Passion and Craft: Economists at Work, page 187",
          "text": "Academic life, like any other, has a full in-box. A professor can stay busy answering his or her mail.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Perry M. Smith, Rules & Tools for Leaders, page 122",
          "text": "Since your next job may not have a very full in-box or a very heavy schedule, and might lack some of the psychic rewards that your previous leadership job had, your state of depression may worsen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Sally Beare, 50 Secrets of the World's Longest Living People, page 177",
          "text": "Our livers were never designed to have such a full in-box, and because most people are nutritionally deficient, the body also lacks the materials needed for detoxification",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of inbox"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inbox",
          "inbox#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in-box"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English verbs",
    "en:E-mail"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "in-boxes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in-boxing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in-boxed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in-boxed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in-box (third-person singular simple present in-boxes, present participle in-boxing, simple past and past participle in-boxed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "inbox"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of inbox"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inbox",
          "inbox#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in-box"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.