into betydelse and definition

Betydelse av into på svenska

• 0 to the inside or middle of a place, container, area, etc.:

  • Would you put the jar back into the cupboard for me, please?

  • Let's go into the garden.

  • Stop running around and get into bed!

  • I can't get into these trousers any more. They're far too small for me.

• 1 used to show when a person or thing is changing from one form or condition to another:

  • Peel the cucumber and chop it into small cubes.

  • There was a series of explosions and the van burst into flames (= started to burn violently).

  • Her novels have been translated into 19 languages.

  • We're planning to turn the smallest bedroom into an office.

• 2 used to show movement that involves something touching something else with a lot of force but without moving inside it:

  • He's always walking into things when he doesn't have his glasses on.

• 3 in the direction of something or someone:

  • She was looking straight into his eyes.

• 4 involving or about something:

  • an inquiry into the cause of the accident

• 5 used when referring to the division of one number by another number:

  • What's 5 into 125?

• 6 enthusiastic about or interested in:

  • Jackie's really into classical music.

• 7 toward the inside or middle of something and about to be contained, surrounded, or enclosed by it:

  • Pour some sugar into the bowl.

  • They went into the backyard.

• 8 connected with or involved in a condition or activity:

  • My father went into the army the day after the war began.

  • An investigation into the accident is underway.

  • I know I should do my taxes but I just don’t want to get into it now.

  • Jeanne is heavily into music.

  • Ken is into long-distance running.

• 9 used to show when a person or thing is changing from one form or condition to another:

  • Peel the potatoes and chop them into small cubes.

  • We made the extra bedroom into an office.

  • Her novels have been translated into nineteen languages.

• 10 used to show movement that involves two things coming together with force:

  • The driver apparently fell asleep and his car slammed into a tree.

  • fig. Guess who I ran into (= met unexpectedly) at the shopping mall!

• 11 used when referring to the division of one number by another number:

  • 5 into 10 is 2.