prep 1. showing movement towards the inside ○ She went into the shop. ○ He fell into the lake. ○ Put the cards back into their box. ○ You can’t get ten people into a taxi. ○ We all stopped talking when he came into the room. ○ The bus is going into the town centre. 2. hitting against something ○ The bus drove into a lamppost. 3. showing a change ○ The tadpole changed into a frog. ○ Water turns into steam when it is heated. ○ She changed into an evening dress for the party. □ to burst into tears to start crying suddenly ○ When she opened the box she burst into tears. 4. showing that you are dividing ○ Try to cut the cake into ten equal pieces. □ six into four won’t go you cannot divide four by six 5. liking something very much ○ He’s into reggae.
slang
“hold my hat, Jim, I’ll be INTO him,” _i.e._, I will fight him.
In this sense equivalent to pitch INTO, or slip INTO.
In this sense equivalent to pitch INTO, or slip INTO.
in´to
prep. [In + to.] To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.
1. Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; — following verbs expressing motion; as come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.
2. Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment.
3. Indicating insertion; as to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.
4. Denoting inclusion; as put these ideas into other words.
5. Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly. Compare In.
1. Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; — following verbs expressing motion; as come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.
2. Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment.
3. Indicating insertion; as to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.
4. Denoting inclusion; as put these ideas into other words.
5. Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly. Compare In.
Simba transforms into a majestic ruler in the Pride Lands.
The scentence about “The Lion King”.
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