THEREIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does therein mean? 

• THEREIN (adverb)
  The adverb THEREIN has 1 sense:

1. (formal) in or into that thing or place

  Familiarity information: THEREIN used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEREIN (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(formal) in or into that thing or place

Synonyms:

in that; in this; therein

Context example:

they can read therein what our plans are

Domain usage:

formality (compliance with formal rules)

 Context examples 

The science of food, the nutrients and other substances contained therein, their action, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease.

(Nutritional Science, NCI Thesaurus)

Research that focuses on food, the nutrients and other substances contained therein, their action, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease.

(Nutritional Study, NCI Thesaurus)

Therein lies my métier, and it is just possible that it may be of some service in the investigation which lies before us.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had some intention, he added, of studying law, and I must be aware that the interest of one thousand pounds would be a very insufficient support therein.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The ecclesiastics recognized therein the token from above, and asked him on the spot if he would be pope.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The chemistry of living organisms and of the chemical, molecular, and physical changes occurring therein, pertaining the the cell.

(Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, NCI Thesaurus)

He read the magazines about himself, and pored over portraits of himself published therein until he was unable to associate his identity with those portraits.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Even in the darkness as we lay upon the strand, we heard from time to time the snort and plunge of the huge creatures who lived therein.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That—if a genuine document—may prove I have been married, but it does not prove that the woman mentioned therein as my wife is still living.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The village upon the left is Orbaiceta, and I know a house therein where the right wine of Jurancon is to be bought, if it would please you to quaff a morning cup.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)