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into

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 ) = x 2 for every integer.

into

/ ˈɪntuː; 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 bushes
into the water
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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of into¹

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

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Idioms and Phrases

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Example Sentences

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Murray scored and Michael Porter Jr. drilled a three-pointer for a 72-59 Nuggets lead, forcing Lue to call a timeout just 1 minute 7 seconds into the third.

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That allowed Kuzmenko to put the Kings in front 3:33 into the second period.

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Edmonton then went in front to stay 7:12 into the final period when Janmark scored off the rebound of a shot by former King Viktor Arvidsson that Kuemper had pushed out to his stick side, not knowing that Janmark was perched just inside the circle.

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Instead, in a 15-2 win over the Miami Marlins, the Dodgers’ planned bullpen game transformed into a bulk effort — with minor-league call-up Matt Sauer providing an all-important five-inning effort that saved the bullpen in a way the Dodgers’ rotation has too often failed to so far this year.

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Mr Niccol was brought into Starbucks last year tasked with turning the business around as it struggles with rising prices and consumers cut back spending.

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intl.into account

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