in-law
in-law
Definition
in·-law (in′lô′)
noun
Informal a relative by marriage
Etymology: < mother- (or father-, etc.) in-law
in-law
Usage Examples
Possessives
- house: She argued, " If today is your birthday, this is also the day on which I entered into the in-laws ' house.
- yard: I have a pink someone gave me as a cutting that was growing in her mother- in-law's yard.
Converse of object
- visit: Tomas has gone to Tel Aviv to visit the in-laws.
- see: I'm, catching a flight out there this afternoon to see the In-laws who have moved out there on masse.
- have: I think having nice in-laws is a definite plus in life.
- meet: The next day it was off to meet the in-laws for the first time.
- meddle: I ask them everything from which diaper bag they like best to how they handle meddling in-laws.
Adjective modifier
- future: Yet but for his future in-laws, he may have been finished.
- new: I am lucky enough to have another set of parents - my new in-laws.
- prospective: Should get me off on the right foot with the prospective in-laws.
- former: Even from her grave, Princess Diana can still strike a chord of fear in her former in-laws.
- royal: Her relationship with Owen Tudor was never accepted by her royal in-laws, who did everything to prise the couple apart.
- elderly: Any suggestions for a short break for the elderly in-laws?
Modifies a noun
- problem: Dad's parents were both dead and his aunts etc lived in southern NB so they did not have an in-law problem.
Noun used with modifier
- brother: Gently decaying in her brother in-law 's garage was a P reg Suzuki GT 250.
- father: The huge Villa of the Papyri, which belonged to Julius Caesar's father in-law, extended for 250 yards along the shore.
- mother: Karim, Stockport Dear friend It sounds like the main problem lies with your mother in-law rather than your in-laws in general.
- son-: Therefore, we should read in Luke 3:23 that Joseph was son- in-law of Heli.
- sister: Myself, my sister in-law Vicky and Carol felt that we were in a position to help.
- son: I thought that would be a good place to start digging for dirt about my future son in-law.
Browse dictionary entries near in-law
- in kind
- in-house broadband over power line
- In-house BPL
- in-house
- in-group
- in futuro
- in forma pauperis
- in-flight
- in flagrante delicto
- in extremis (Latin)
- -in-law
- in limine
- in-line skate
- in loc. cit.
- in loco parentis
- in medias res
- in memoriam
- in-migrant
- Inönü
- in pais
