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

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into

French President Emmanuel Macron personally sought to inject a dose of European flair into the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Leadoff hitter Mookie Betts worked a walk, which included a successful ABS challenge that turned a strikeout into a full count.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

She looked back to what she enjoyed doing as a child - styling hair - and decided to use the shock of the diagnosis to spur her on to turn her passion into a business.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

By 2018, he told a lender he had amassed a net worth of some $5.5 million, not including millions of dollars in assets he and his wife had moved into a blind trust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

But the girl who had once pretended to be Joan of Arc had somehow managed to turn make-believe into reality.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Related Words

• in the direction of