preposition
HELPNOTE For the special uses of into in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example lay into sb/sth is in the phrasal verb section at lay.
1 to a position in or inside sth:
Come into the house. * She dived into the water. * He threw the letter into the fire. * (figurative) She turned and walked off into the night.
2 in the direction of sth:
Speak clearly into the microphone. * Driving into the sun, we had to shade our eyes.
3 to a point at which you hit sb/sth:
The truck crashed into a parked car.
4 to a point during a period of time:
She carried on working late into the night. * He didn't get married until he was well into his forties.
5 used to show a change in state:
The fruit can be made into jam. * Can you translate this passage into German? * They came into power in 1997. * She was sliding into depression.
6 used to show the result of an action:
He was shocked into a confession of guilt.
7 about or concerning sth:
an inquiry into safety procedures
8 used when you are dividing numbers:
3 into 24 is 8.
IDIOMS
be into sth (informal) to be interested in sth in an active way:
He's into surfing in a big way.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for into is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does into appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — into appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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