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# therein

«therein» in Mova's school dictionary: **In that place, thing or document** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) In that place, thing or document. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therein/#m1)

2) therein lies: that is where something is found: "therein lies the problem". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therein/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A stiff word in legal papers and old books: "the box and everything therein". "Therein lies the problem" is still used in everyday writing. Phrases: therein lies.

### examples

- The house and all the furniture therein were sold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therein/#x1)
- Read the contract and the rules therein. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therein/#x2)
- He wanted fame; therein lay his problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therein/#x3)
- The box and the toys therein belong to Sam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therein/#x4)
- Therein lies the secret of her success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therein/#x5)
- Therein was written that you were staying in the hot countries, where the coffee grows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therein/#x6)

### note

Old-fashioned and formal; in plain English say "in it" or "in there". Do not confuse with "their" or "there in" (two words in some sentences).

### In the corpora

- [And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.224/)
- [The field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1631/)
- [Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard lying words.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.125/)
- [And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1230/)
- [And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1234/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «therein» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therein/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.