in-law
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- noun
- /ˈɪnˌlɔ/
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pariente por matrimonio
- In 1973, the farmer retired and moved to town, and his son-in-law became the farm operator.
- a brother-in-law
- a mother-in-law
- a daughter-in-law
You met the in laws and you left with a gift.
- You met the in laws and you left with a gift.
- Older parents, extended family, in laws, icky colleagues, terrible bosses.
- Congress right now is flipping back and forth more than my father-in-law flips burgers on the BBQ.
- There's one we read where she, a woman missed her brother in law's funeral for Taylor Swift.
- And yet I went on to be successful to earn my father in law's respect.
- I am trying not to piss my father-in-law off by making him feel like I'm a mega Trumper.
- That thing I know I'm coming to from fainting in and looking up and I'm in my father in law's arms at the sink.
- His rival was Ali Ali, the cousin of Muhammad and the son-in-law at the same time of Muhammad.
- And could people like Elon Musk be a victim of this or Melania Trump or my father-in-law or myself?
- But everyone partners, spouses, children in laws, grandchildren, everyone's harmed.
- That was, that was like the father-in-law or something like that for Mayo.
- What informer does him and his wife sets my sets up my sister-in-law and my wife.
Examples
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Sister-in-laws have to stick together, right?
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When my sister got married, I gained a wonderful set of in-laws who are now like family.
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You met the in laws and you left with a gift.
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I was on a family visit to see my in laws when that happened.
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Had a great time, had dinner with the future in laws and party's over.
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Your brother-in-law bought it for me.
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His father-in-law owns a concern.
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Why are you letting your in laws dictate how you raise your kids?
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As it turns out, my father-in-law is a Burger King franchise.
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One donor, a father-in-law, expressed his delight in the marked improvement in the recipient's quality of life.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
A family member related to you by marriage, not by blood, like a mother-in-law
Surface Forms
Morphology
in-law = in + law
The term 'in-law' is not transparently derived from 'in' and 'law' in a way that conveys its meaning as a relative by marriage. [Postprocessing: moved 'in' from roots to prefixes (ADP/ADV)]
Etymology
The word in-law comes from the parts in- ('in' or 'by') and law ('legal rule'). So an in-law is a family member 'by law', someone related through marriage rather than by blood.