into

into
into O.E. into, originally in to. The word is a late O.E. development to replace the fading dative case inflections that formerly distinguished, for instance, "in the house" from "into the house." To be into something, "be intensely involved in," first recorded 1969 in Amer.Eng.

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  • into — /in tooh/; unstressed /in too, teuh/, prep. 1. to the inside of; in toward: He walked into the room. The train chugged into the station. 2. toward or in the direction of: going into town. 3. to a point of contact with; against: backed into a… …   Universalium

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  • into — preposition /ˈɪn.tuː,ˈɪn.tu,ˈɪn.tə,ˈɪn.tʊ/ a) Going inside (of) Mary danced into the house. b) Going to a geographic region. We left the house and walked into the street. See Also: in …   Wiktionary

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