ins

Speech parts

1. ins - Noun

2. ins - Verb

3. Ins - Proper noun

Meaning

an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

besides directorate IRS approach mania pers contact impact connection entry trend fantasy innovation admission passion
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Antonyms

basis division isolation detachment solitude outs

Hypernyms

bureau office authority agency government agency federal agency

Phrases with the word

cut-ins house break-ins y'ins impervious to break-ins fortified against break-ins invulnerable to break-ins

Examples

My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck. Alan Sugar

The immense distances to the stars and the galaxies mean that we see everything ins pace int he past, some as they were before the Earth came to be. Telescopes are time machines. Carl Sagan

I've always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I'm interested in politics in that I'm a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can't get into the ins and outs of it. Ewan McGregor

As long as health ins & Big Pharma determine so much health care policy, gun manufacturers so much gun safety policy, oil & gas companies so much environmental policy & defense contractors so much defense policy, we're functioning not as a democracy but as a corporate aristocracy. Marianne Williamson

I love discussing the ins and outs of the collaborative nature of writing. Jim Rash

I see people detained for simple INS violations. Sibel Edmonds

Close letter words and terms

inrunning inrush inrushing ins and outs ins. insabbatati