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into

See also: Into, INTO, intő, -into, and in-to

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English in-to, from Old English intō, equivalent to in +‎ to. Cognate with Scots intae.

PronunciationEdit

  • (stressed)
  • (unstressed, before consonants) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tə/
  • (unstressed, before vowels) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tʊ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: (unstressed, before consonants) -ɪntə
  • Hyphenation: in‧to

PrepositionEdit

into

  1. To or towards the inside of.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 2:
      He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.
    • 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1-0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
      This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner.
    Mary danced into the house.
    Pour the wine into the decanter.
    The nomads shave intricate designs into their camels' fur.
  2. To or towards the region of.
    We left the house and walked into the street.
    The eagle flew off into the wide blue sky.
  3. Against, especially with force or violence.
    The car crashed into the tree.
    I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall.
  4. Indicates transition into another form or substance.
    • 2002, Matt Cyr, Something to Teach Me: Journal of an American in the Mountains of Haiti, Educa Vision, Inc., →ISBN, page 25:
      His English is still in its beginning stages, like my Creole, but he was able to translate some Creole songs that he's written into English—not the best English, but English nonetheless.
    I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.
    Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!
  5. Indicates division or the creation of subgroups or sections.
    • 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
      Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
    A cow's stomach is divided into four chambers.
  6. After the start of.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      " […] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably." And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
    About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.
  7. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
    She's really into Shakespeare right now.
    My date for tonight has black hair, and I'm into that.
    • 2021 August 13, Gayle, Sara Davis, and David Pittenger, “abcdefu”, in A Study of the Human Experience Volume One‎[1], performed by Gayle:
      I was into you, but I'm over it now / And I was trying to be nice / But nothing's getting through, so let me spell it out […]
  8. (Britain, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.[1]
    Five into three is fifteen.
  9. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
    Three into two won't go.
    24 goes into 48 how many times?
  10. Investigating the subject (of).
    There have been calls for research into the pesticides that are blamed for the decline in bee populations.

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “into”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  • 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

AnagramsEdit

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From dialectal inta, from Proto-Finnic *inta (compare Estonian ind, Livonian ind), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Swedish inna (“achievement, accomplishment”)).

Alternatively, a Uralic origin has been proposed. Compare Komi-Zyrian ӧд (öd, “speed”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈinto/, [ˈin̪t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -into
  • Syllabification(key): in‧to

NounEdit

into

  1. eagerness, enthusiasm
    odottaa innolla (+ partitive) = to look forward to
  2. passion, fervour/fervor, ardour/ardor
  3. zeal, fanaticism

Usage notesEdit

  • "for X" = the illative, allative (general) or translative case (to emphasize the purpose or goal), "to (verb)" = the first infinitive (general) or the translative case of the -minen noun (to emphasize the purpose or goal).

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of into (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
nominative into innot
genitive innon intojen
partitive intoa intoja
illative intoon intoihin
singular plural
nominative into innot
accusative nom. into innot
gen. innon
genitive innon intojen
partitive intoa intoja
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
Possessive forms of into (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person intoni intomme
2nd person intosi intonne
3rd person intonsa

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LigurianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Contraction of inte (“in”) + o m sg (“the”, definite article).

PronunciationEdit

ContractionEdit

into

  1. in the (+ a masculine name in the singular)
    • 1984, Fabrizio De André (lyrics), Mauro Pagani (music), “Sinàn Capudàn Pascià”, in Crêuza de mä [Muletrack by the sea], performed by Fabrizio De André:
      Into mêzo do mâ gh'è 'n péscio tondo / che, quando o vedde e brutte, o va 'nscio fondo
      In the middle of the sea is a round fish, that goes to the bottom when things turn ugly

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Middle EnglishEdit

PrepositionEdit

into

  1. Alternative spelling of in-to

NeapolitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin intus.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

into

  1. in (surrounded by)

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

in +‎ tō

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

intō

  1. into

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle English: in-to, into, inne to, jn to, jne to, inte
    • English: into
    • Scots: intae

Southern NdebeleEdit

NounEdit

întó class 9 (plural ízintó class 10)

  1. thing

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

XhosaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

íntó class 9 (plural ízintó class 10)

  1. thing

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

YemsaEdit

NounEdit

into

  1. mother

ReferencesEdit

  • David Appleyard, Beja as a Cushitic language, in Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) Studies: In Memoriam W. Vycichl (Yem into "mother")

ZuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

From in- +‎ -tha (“to name, to choose”) +‎ -o. Compare with a similar derivation in Swahili jambo.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

întó class 9 (plural ízintó class 10)

  1. thing

InflectionEdit

Class 9/10
Singular Plural
Full form into izinto
Locative entweni ezintweni
Singular Plural
Full form into izinto
Simple form nto zinto
Locative entweni ezintweni
Copulative yinto yizinto
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wento owento wezinto owezinto
Class 2 bento abento bezinto abezinto
Class 3 wento owento wezinto owezinto
Class 4 yento eyento yezinto eyezinto
Class 5 lento elento lezinto elezinto
Class 6 ento awento ezinto awezinto
Class 7 sento esento sezinto esezinto
Class 8 zento ezento zezinto ezezinto
Class 9 yento eyento yezinto eyezinto
Class 10 zento ezento zezinto ezezinto
Class 11 lwento olwento lwezinto olwezinto
Class 14 bento obento bezinto obezinto
Class 15 kwento okwento kwezinto okwezinto
Class 17 kwento okwento kwezinto okwezinto

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