into

[ in-too; unstressed in-too, -tuh ]

/ ˈɪn tu; unstressed ˈɪn tʊ, -tə /

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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) = x2 for every integer.

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Origin of into

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; see in, to

Words nearby into

intinction, intine, intitle, intitule, intl., into, into account, intoed, into effect, in token of, intolerable

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How to use into in a sentence

Early-decision and early-action programs are used by many of the most popular and toughest-to-get-into colleges in the country.
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At times like these you must be careful not to brim over with elation-into-crashing-despair.
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It presents itself to us as an effective corroboration of the so well-known phenomenon of talking-yourself-into-it.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
Breton peasants are represented playing on Breton pipes in the Entry-into-Jerusalem scene.
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"I w-w-was b-b-b-blown i-i-i-into t-t-t-the air," he replied, smiling sweetly.
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No sooner had they disappeared than Siegfried came into-393- the wood, armed for the hunt.
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Bess went to put on her bonnet, and when she camc into-the parlour George backed into the fireplace with astonishment.
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British Dictionary definitions for into

into

/ (ˈɪntuː, unstressed ˈɪntə) /

preposition

to the interior or inner parts ofto look into a case

to the middle or midst of so as to be surrounded byinto the water; into the bushes

against; up againsthe drove into a wall

used to indicate the result of a transformation or changehe changed into a monster

maths used to indicate a dividendthree into six is two

informal interested or enthusiastically involved inI'm really into Freud these days

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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into account
into effect
into line
into one's head
into question
into the bargain
into the blue
into the drink
into thin air

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