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into
[in-too, in-too, -tuh]
preposition
to the inside of; in toward.
He walked into the room. The train chugged into the station.
toward or in the direction of.
going into town.
to a point of contact with; against.
backed into a parked car.
(used to indicate insertion or immersion in).
plugged into the socket.
(used to indicate entry, inclusion, or introduction in a place or condition).
received into the church.
to the state, condition, or form assumed or brought about.
went into shock; lapsed into disrepair; translated into another language.
to the occupation, action, possession, circumstance, or acceptance of.
went into banking; coerced into complying.
(used to indicate a continuing extent in time or space).
lasted into the night; far into the distance.
(used to indicate the number to be divided by another number).
2 into 20 equals 10.
Informal., interested or absorbed in, especially obsessively.
She's into yoga and gardening.
Slang., in debt to.
I'm into him for ten dollars.
adjective
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
to the interior or inner parts of
to look into a case
to the middle or midst of so as to be surrounded by
into the water
into the bushes
against; up against
he drove into a wall
used to indicate the result of a transformation or change
he changed into a monster
maths used to indicate a dividend
three into six is two
informal, interested or enthusiastically involved in
I'm really into Freud these days
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
My mother did her best to cajole me into going.
A lot of time — and money — goes into preparing Thanksgiving dinner, so it’s better for everyone to want to be where they want to be.
In Malaysia, he expects sustained quarterly momentum in the coming quarters following the consolidation of Island Hospital into its operations, he adds.
But what many of us may not have realized is that Kiarostami’s trademark tropes—the reliance on nonprofessional actors, unscripted dialogue, slow pacing and, with the insertion of behind-the-camera footage into the narrative, the open acknowledgment of cinema as artifice—were established, or at least nascent, well before he achieved international fame.
The focus on children in these shorts and features was essential given his employer, but much of the work itself, though suitable for youngsters, appeals no less to adults for the filmmaker’s deep insights into human character.
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