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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. informalinterested or enthusiastically involved in

    I'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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of into1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English; in + to
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idioms beginning with into, also see be into.
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