into
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
into/ˈɪntə/
▶preposition
- 1 expressing motion or direction to a point on or within.
- 2 indicating a route to a destination.
- 3 indicating the direction towards which someone or something is turned.
- 4 indicating an object of interest.
- 5 expressing a change of state.
- 6 expressing the result of an action.
- 7 expressing division.
- 8 informal taking a lively and active interest in.
'into' also found in these Oxford entries:
aboard
- ABO system
- absorb
- absorption costing
- acellular
- acetabulum
- acetylate
- achalasia
- Achilles heel
- achromatic
- activate
- active transport
- acylate
- ad-
- adaptive radiation
- adit
- admit
- adolescent
- aeon
- aerate
- affirmative
- afforest
- afoul
- against
- agglomerate
- aggregate
- agio
- air filter
- air pump
- air sac
- alabaster
- albescent
- alchemilla
- alchemy
- align
- aliquot
- alkylate
- Allen key
- allot
- allow
- allowance
- aloft
- along
- amalgamate
- amniocentesis
- amylase
- anabasis
- analysis
- annihilate
- anon
