into
- adjective
- /ˈɪntu/
- Informal
:
aficionado a
- If that's something that you're into, that's weird.
My, my dad's wife is way into quilting now.
- My, my dad's wife is way into quilting now.
- And yeah, fully into the yoga world at this point.
- So it was all into real estate or nothing.
- My oldest boy Rex is bang into it, loves it training.
Examples
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And I was really into Frank, Frank Zappa.
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She's really into cooking Italian cuisine these days.
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Oh, now, now, now we're into some things.
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So this I'm kind of into at the moment.
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Now my friends, let's get into unboxing all of these cases.
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My brother is very into playing the guitar and learns new songs every week.
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If you're into sci-fi movies, you should watch that new film.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Wanting to learn more about something
175
2.7
Very excited and interested in something
85
2.3
Very eager to do or try something
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
19
7.3
Make a person or company exhausted to the point of ruin by pushing them too hard
- Literature
12
6.0
To move toward a happy, peaceful future, often at the end of a story
- Informal
8
7.4
Put yourself in a difficult situation with no easy way out
- Informal
5
5.3
To start doing your normal work and activities after a break
4
8.2
To step forward and help in a difficult situation when others cannot or will not
- Informal
3
8.2
Make people very afraid and make them respect you by showing power
- Informal
1
5.1
Become the main focus of people's attention after doing something important
- Informal
1
7.7
To become quiet and avoid talking to others when you feel shy or anxious
- Informal
1
7.8
Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience
1
8.6
Cause problems on purpose that stop a plan or process from working smoothly
- Literature
To change weapons into tools for peaceful work like farming
- Literature
To try again to face a difficult situation even after failing before
- Informal
Escaping a bad situation and ending in a much worse one
- Archaic
A small action that does almost nothing to change a big problem
- Informal
To get stuck in a problem that keeps getting worse and is hard to leave
Compounds
How Interested
245
4.8
- Informal
175
2.7
85
2.3
∞
1.0
20
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
into = (semi-transparent) = in + to
Formally combinable as in + to (movement/entry sense is predictable), but the colloquial adjectival sense 'interested in' is an idiomatic extension. [Postprocessing: moved 'in', 'to' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Into meaning 'very interested' comes from a slang idea of the parts in and to, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of being so 'in' something that you are 'into' it. So, if someone is into photography, they are fully involved or very interested.