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.

Origin of into

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

Words nearby into

intine, intitle, intitule, intl, intl., into, into account, into effect, into line, into one's head, into question

British Dictionary definitions for into

into

/ (ˈɪntuː, unstressed 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

Idioms and Phrases with into

into

In addition to the idioms beginning with into

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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