into

See also Into

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old English intō, equivalent to in +‎ to.

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɪn.tuː/, X-SAMPA: /"Intu:/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈɪn.tu/, X-SAMPA: /"Intu/
• (unstressed, before consonants) IPA: /ˈɪn.tə/, X-SAMPA: /"Int@/
• (unstressed, before vowels) IPA: /ˈɪn.tʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"IntU/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧to

Preposition

into

1. Going inside (of)

   Mary danced into the house.

   • 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, BBC Sport:

     This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner.

2. Going to a geographic region.

   We left the house and walked into the street.

   The plane flew into the open air.

3. Against, especially with force or violence.

   The car crashed into the tree.

   I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall.

4. Producing, becoming

   I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.

   Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!

5. After the start of.

   About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.

6. (colloquial) Intensely interested in or attracted to.

   I'm really into Shakespeare right now.

   I'm so into you!

7. (mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.

   The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself.

8. (UK, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.

   Five into three is fifteen.

9. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first.

   Three into two won't go.

10. Investigating the subject.

    Call for research into pesticides blamed for vanishing bees

Related terms

• in
• inside
• onto
• to

Derived terms

• bump into
• get into
• look into
• walk into

Translations

going inside

• Czech: do (cs)
• Estonian: sisse (et), -sse (et)
• German: in (de)
• Greek: σε (el) (se)
• Hebrew: לתוך (he)
• Hungarian: -ba (hu), -be (hu)
• Icelandic: inn í (is)
• Latin: in (la)
• Lojban: mo'ine'i (jbo)

• Malay: ke dalam (ms)
• Norwegian: inn i (no)
• Russian: в (+ accusative case)
• Swedish: in i (sv)
• Tok Pisin: long (tpi)
• Turkish: içine (tr)
• Welsh: i mewn i (cy)

going to a geographic region

• Malay: ke dalam (ms)

against, with force

• German: gegen (de)

• Turkish: karşı (tr)

producing, becoming

• Czech: v (cs)
• German: in (de)
• Hungarian: -vá (hu), -vé (hu)

• Russian: в (+ accusative case)
• Spanish: en (es)
• Swedish: till (sv)

intensely interested in

• Czech: do (cs)

• Hebrew: בעניין (he)

taking distinct arguments to distinct values

• Czech: do (cs)
• German: auf (de)

• Russian: на (+ accusative case)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: en + accusative case (1, 2)
• French: en or dans

• Latin: in + accusative case
• Spanish: en

References

• Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: there · more · out · #55: into · up · your · any

Anagrams

• Toni

---

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧to
• IPA: [ˈin̪t̪o̞]

Noun

into

1. Eagerness, enthusiasm.

   odottaa innolla (+ partitive) = to look forward to

2. Passion, fervour/fervor, ardour/ardor.
3. Zeal, fanaticism.

Declension

Declension of into (type valo) singular plural nominative into innot genitive innon intojen partitive intoa intoja accusative into innon innot inessive innossa innoissa elative innosta innoista illative intoon intoihin adessive innolla innoilla ablative innolta innoilta allative innolle innoille essive intona intoina translative innoksi innoiksi instructive – innoin abessive innotta innoitta comitative – intoineen

Synonyms

• (eagerness, enthusiasm): innokkuus, innostus
• (passion, fervo(u)r, ardo(u)r): intohimo
• (zeal, fanaticism): kiihko

Derived terms

• nouns: intoisuus
• nouns: virkaintoisuus
• adjectives: innokas
• verbs: innostaa, innota
• adverbs: innoissaan

Compounds

• intohimo
• intomieli

Anagrams

• otin, toin, Toni

---

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin intus

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ind̪ɐ/

Preposition

into

1. in (surrounded by)

---

Old English

Etymology

Compound of in and tō

Preposition

intō

1. into