to the inside of; in toward

He walked into the room. The train chugged into the station.

toward or in the direction of

going into town.

to a point of contact with; against

backed into a parked car.

(used to indicate insertion or immersion in)

plugged into the socket.

(used to indicate entry, inclusion, or introduction in a place or condition)

received into the church.

to the state, condition, or form assumed or brought about

went into shock; lapsed into disrepair; translated into another language.

to the occupation, action, possession, circumstance, or acceptance of

went into banking; coerced into complying.

(used to indicate a continuing extent in time or space)

lasted into the night; far into the distance.

(used to indicate the number to be divided by another number)

2 into 20 equals 10.

Informal . interested or absorbed in, esp. obsessively

She's into yoga and gardening.

Slang . in debt to

I'm into him for ten dollars.

Mathematics . pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f ( x ) = x 2 for every integer.

preposition

in the direction of through to , toward , withinnotes:into is for entering something , for changing the form of something , or for making contact; otherwise use \' in to \' (if you can drop the \'in\' without losing the meaning , you want \'in to\') , against , among , condition , divisor , form , inside , interested , until