into

[in-too, in-too, -tuh]

preposition

1. to the inside of; in toward.

   He walked into the room. The train chugged into the station.

2. toward or in the direction of.

   going into town.

3. to a point of contact with; against.

   backed into a parked car.

4. (used to indicate insertion or immersion in).

   plugged into the socket.

5. (used to indicate entry, inclusion, or introduction in a place or condition).

   received into the church.

6. to the state, condition, or form assumed or brought about.

   went into shock; lapsed into disrepair; translated into another language.

7. to the occupation, action, possession, circumstance, or acceptance of.

   went into banking; coerced into complying.

8. (used to indicate a continuing extent in time or space).

   lasted into the night; far into the distance.

9. (used to indicate the number to be divided by another number).

   2 into 20 equals 10.

10. Informal.,  interested or absorbed in, especially obsessively.

    She's into yoga and gardening.

11. Slang.,  in debt to.

    I'm into him for ten dollars.

adjective

1. Mathematics.,  pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x ) = x 2 for every integer.

into

/ ˈɪntuː, ˈɪntə /

preposition

1. to the interior or inner parts of

   to look into a case

2. to the middle or midst of so as to be surrounded by

   into the water

   into the bushes

3. against; up against

   he drove into a wall

4. used to indicate the result of a transformation or change

   he changed into a monster

5. maths used to indicate a dividend

   three into six is two

6. informal,  interested or enthusiastically involved in

   I'm really into Freud these days

Word History and Origins

Origin of into¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English; in + to

Idioms and Phrases

• be into

Example Sentences

After all, the stereotypical junkie probably wouldn’t turn a clinic’s waiting room into an autograph signing.

From Salon

And here, he settles nicely into Kerr’s conflicted state of mind, rattled by drugs, fights, ambition and a constant belief in human kindness that makes his performance engrossing, even when the film isn’t.

From Salon

They don’t tell the audience anything about these characters that isn’t written into the script, and Safdie’s screenplay is short of the nuance that a character like Dawn requires to round “The Smashing Machine” out into more than just an exercise in style, clawing at Oscars.

From Salon

You spend hours laboring over your batter, tirelessly whisking together your wet and dry ingredients before painstakingly pouring every last drop of the mixture into your cake pan…only to take out a freshly-baked cake that has a crater in the middle.

From Salon

"It's a bit of a reality shock because we were getting paid a very decent wage in Tata and then coming out into the jobs market and looking for local jobs it's a scary time especially for people with mortgages, kids, everyday bills to pay," Mr Roberts said.

From BBC

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