into
- adposition
- /ˈɪntu/
- He dove into the pool to cool off on a hot summer day.
- go into
- entry into
- put into
And I'm going to go just into the temple.
- And I'm going to go just into the temple.
- Then Noah let's birds go into the air, air.
- Who wants to be copied into a Macintosh?
- She nestles like a little bird into the contours of your body.
- Now let's dive in very short into her biography.
Examples
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So just push it into the lashes and wiggle.
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And I'm going to go just into the temple.
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Click here to begin your journey into the Net.
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We can mount this right into our table like that.
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You could get into that little rocket ship of yours and go back!
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Our next step was to get them into the hands of our learners.
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The best bars feel like you're walking into a grand library.
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We're out of the underground, into the Overground.
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So you've got hundreds of diners coming into your restaurant.
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Once the lining is inserted into the old pipe, steam is pushed through the pipe.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Make a person or company exhausted to the point of ruin by pushing them too hard
- Literature
To move toward a happy, peaceful future, often at the end of a story
- Informal
Put yourself in a difficult situation with no easy way out
- Informal
To start doing your normal work and activities after a break
To step forward and help in a difficult situation when others cannot or will not
- Informal
Make people very afraid and make them respect you by showing power
- Informal
Become the main focus of people's attention after doing something important
- Informal
To become quiet and avoid talking to others when you feel shy or anxious
- Informal
Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience
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 Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
into = (transparent) = in + to
This sense is a straightforward fusion of 'in' and 'to', meaning movement to the inside of something. [Postprocessing: moved 'in', 'to' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Into comes from the old parts in and to, meaning 'in' and 'toward', so it shows movement to the inside. That's why pouring juice into a glass means moving the liquid 'inside' the glass.