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

While he has long portrayed investigations into his actions as partisan attacks from Democrats and Biden, this post goes further by blaming someone who wasn’t even in charge at the time.

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The incident is still under investigation, and the sheriff's office is looking into possible suspects, it said.

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Hundreds of competitors went into battle in Northamptonshire for the event's 60th year - which attracted increased attention after last year's cheating scandal.

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"She was the type of person that could make you laugh over anything, but you didn't cross her either, or she would tear into you," Ms. Newcombe added amid tears and laughter, as her granddaughter comforted her.

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DiCaprio stars as a washed-up far-left revolutionary who is dragged back into action to help his daughter, while Penn plays his ruthless military nemesis.

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