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'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.
To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.
prep.
To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of
applications.
prep.
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.
prep.
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.
prep.
Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or
animation into a composition.
prep.
Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.
prep.
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'into; she burst into tears; children are
sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced
into error and folly.
Into
To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.
Usage Examples
'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age.
A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel.
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being.
'Blind Curve,' the book I'm working on now, sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation - an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story, the hero doesn't get off as easily as I did.
A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.
'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I was just kind of like, 'Oh, that would be really cool,' and not really thinking too much about it, and then it came through my agency. I read it, I fell in love with the script and I went in to audition.
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.
Misspelled Forminto, uinto, 8into, 9into, ointo, jinto, kinto, unto, 8nto, 9nto, onto, jnto, knto, iunto, i8nto, i9nto, ionto, ijnto, iknto, ibnto, ihnto, ijnto, imnto, i nto, ibto, ihto, ijto, imto, i to, inbto, inhto, injto, inmto, in to, inrto, in5to, in6to, inyto, ingto, inro, in5o, in6o, inyo, ingo, intro, int5o, int6o, intyo, intgo, intio, int9o, int0o, intpo, intlo, inti, int9, int0, intp, intl, intoi, into9, into0, intop, intol.
Other Usage ExamplesA child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without stars, abysses into which no light can ever penetrate.
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that's nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship.
'The Taxi Ride,' from my second album, is one people want to hear a lot. I'm consciously trying to walk on the sunny side of the street, to really lift myself into a place of greater positivity, and that's a sad song.
A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby, Bad Baby. This consists of being told I am a good baby until I smile and laugh, then being told I am a bad baby until I burst into tears. This training will stand me in good stead all through my life.
A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.
'Stress' was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification.
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