into

American  

[in-too, in-too, -tuh] / ˈɪn tu, ˈɪn tʊ, -tə /

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.

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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 British  

/ 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

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into Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing into

• be into

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Etymology

Origin of into

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

Example Sentences

Instead, they blend together into a single, unified experience of the world and of our own bodies.

From Science Daily

Bad Bunny wanted his performance to center on this “idea of honoring all the people that ran the yards before him that got him to where he is, and then the idea of paying that forward into future generations,” Cuddeford said.

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She knew Bad Bunny was a “showman,” she said, and leaned into his theatrical skills to build out a halftime show unlike any other — one that felt more like a movie than a concert.

From Los Angeles Times

The team divided the stage into various smaller sections to accommodate the “vignettes” that Bad Bunny would walk through as he told the story of “real people in everyday life that are celebrating the Latin community,” Himede said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Whether the city lied or not, they still entered into an agreement to address almost 10,000 encampments across the city, and we’re deeply concerned they’re not going to come anywhere near that number.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• in the direction of