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into

2 1.0

To show how many times one number fits inside another when dividing

adposition
/ˈɪntu/

: caber en

In preparation for removal, General Scott divided the Cherokee Nation into the Eastern, Middle, and Western sections.
7 goes into 56
divide into
into three

Examples

Let us now turn this equation into CDF notation.
We're going to divide each of these into two.
Each class will be divided into two tonight.
Then he breaks inflation down into three things.
In the first type, the federal government puts money directly into the hands of consumers.

Academic text (2011)
A lot of people will divide contemporary philosophy into two main approaches.
It is divided into a set of chapters.
You can't really divide a country into two camps.
In mathematics, we learn to split numbers into equal parts during division.
When performing the calculation, she divided the total into smaller sections to simplify it.

Idioms

glimpse into

33 4.0

A short look inside something not usually seen

into the ground

Informal

31 7.3

Make a person or company exhausted to the point of ruin by pushing them too hard

into thin air

29 6.3

Disappear completely with no trace left

into the sunset

Literature

27 6.0

To move toward a happy, peaceful future, often at the end of a story

into the wind

20 3.9

Toward the wind that is blowing at you

to fall into the wrong hands

19 6.3

To become available to people who might use it to harm others

rolled into one

19 4.4

Having more than one role or quality at the same time

late into the night

12 2.7

Until very late at night

to fall into someone's lap

Informal

9 6.5

To get something good without effort or planning

to disappear into thin air

Informal

9 4.4

To vanish suddenly with no trace

to ride off into the sunset

Informal

9 6.5

Leave a situation happily to begin a new life

to turn into a circus

Informal

8 6.8

A situation that becomes noisy, messy, and out of control

headlong into

8 7.2

Acting quickly without thinking about the risks

to step into someone's shoes

Informal

6 4.9

To imagine how someone else feels and sees things

into the breach

6 8.2

To step forward and help in a difficult situation when others cannot or will not

to turn into a pumpkin

Informal

5 9.3

You have to go home or go to bed because it is very late

into the bargain

3 3.8

Adds an extra thing to what was said

to put the fear of God into

Informal

3 8.2

Make people very afraid and make them respect you by showing power

back into the swing of things

Informal

3 5.3

To start doing your normal work and activities after a break

to step into the spotlight

Informal

3 5.1

Become the main focus of people's attention after doing something important

out of the frying pan, into the fire

Informal

2 7.3

Escaping a bad situation and ending in a much worse one

to step into the breach

Informal

2 7.3

To take responsibility and act when someone else cannot

calling into question

2 5.5

Showing doubt about whether something is true or reliable

to drive off into the sunset

Informal

1 6.5

Leave a place happily at the end of a story or event

once more into the breach

Literature

1 9.9

To try again to face a difficult situation even after failing before

to leap into the unknown

Informal

1 7.3

To do something risky without knowing what will happen

to dive into the fray

Informal

1 7.7

To join a noisy or angry argument and take part in it

to throw a monkey wrench into the works

Informal

1 8.6

Cause problems on purpose that stop a plan or process from working smoothly

to sink into quicksand

Informal

1 8.2

To get stuck in a problem that keeps getting worse and is hard to leave

to jump into the deep end

Informal

1 7.8

Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience

to knock into the middle of next week

Informal

1 9.9

To hit or shock someone so they feel dazed

to go into a tizzy

Informal

1 8.3

Get very upset and confused quickly

to beat swords into ploughshares

Literature

1 8.6

To change weapons into tools for peaceful work like farming

to come into one's own

1 6.3

To begin to use your skills and get recognition

setback into a comeback

1 5.0

A time when someone fails and later succeeds again

to fall into one's lap

Informal

6.4

To get something good without trying or expecting it

to go into one's shell

Informal

7.7

To become quiet and avoid talking to others when you feel shy or anxious

to paint (oneself) into a corner

Informal

7.4

Put yourself in a difficult situation with no easy way out

to see into a millstone

9.9

To try to understand something very confusing that seems impossible

throwing an ant into a sty

Archaic

9.9

A small action that does almost nothing to change a big problem

to turn into a shithouse

Offensive

9.9

To suddenly become chaotic and very messy

to turn pain into lemonade

Informal

8.9

Make something good from pain or a bad situation

Compounds

taking into custody

Formal

80 5.4

Holding someone after the police arrest them

coming into court

Formal

3 8.3

A formal appearance in court for a hearing

Surface Forms

into main

Morphology

into = (opaque) = in + to

The mathematical/division sense is specialized and historically conditioned; learners cannot reliably infer this meaning from the basic sense 'in' + 'to'. [Postprocessing: moved 'in', 'to' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Into in math comes from the simple parts in and to, which mean 'in' and 'toward', and when you ask how many times four goes into twenty you are asking how many 4s fit 'inside' 20. So, this use of into shows one number being contained in another.