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1. Into is written as one word when the meaning is unified in expressing motion towards or to within a destination (He walked into a tree / She put her hand into his). However, when in and to retain their separate roles, it is important to write them as separate words, usually when to is not connected with in but is part of a following to-infinitive or refers forward to a noun or phrase: People dropped in to see them / He accompanied her in to dinner / They were listening in to our conversation.

2. The modern use of into meaning 'involved in or knowledgeable about' (usually as a transitory interest), is informal only:

First I was into Zen, then I was into peace, then I was into love, then I was into freedom, then I was into religion. Now I'm into money—New Yorker, 1971.

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Idioms beginning with into:
into one's head
into question
into line
into the bargain
into the drink

See also be into.

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Interested or involved in; knowledgeable about. (1969 —) .
Listener Margaret is 'into' astrology, and consults the I-Ching each morning (1973).

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For a list of words related to into, see:

• Prepositions

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Common misspelling(s) of into

• inot

Dansk (Danish)
prep. - indi, ned/op/over/ud i, ind på, ned/op/over/ud på, til
adj. - op i

idioms:

• get into    komme i, blive involveret i
• go into    begynde, starte

Nederlands (Dutch)
in, binnen-, tot, bepaalde tijd na het begin, tot ... in, betrokken bij

Français (French)
prep. - dans, en, durant, jusqu'à, dedans, (Math) divisé
adj. - (Math) d'une fonction

idioms:

• get into    entrer dans, être admis à, devenir membre de
• go into    discuter, enquêter

Deutsch (German)
prep. - in, gegen
adj. - (Math.) in, geht in

idioms:

• get into    sich stürzen in, angenommen werden, in jmndn. fahren, eindringen
• go into    eingehen auf, eintreten in, beitreten, verfallen in

Ελληνική (Greek)
prep. - εντός, μέσα σε, σε, κατά, απάνω σε
adj. - μέσα στα πράγματα

idioms:

• get into    εισέρχομαι σε, μπαίνω σε, αποκτώ ενδιαφέρον για, μπλέκομαι, ανακατεύομαι σε
• go into    μπαίνω σε, εισέρχομαι σε, ανακατεύομαι σε, εμβαθύνω σε, περιέρχομαι/περιπίπτω εις, εντάσσομαι σε, αποδύομαι σε, επιδίδομαι σε, υπεισέρχομαι σε (λεπτομέρειες κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
dentro

Português (Portuguese)
prep. - dentro, para dentro

idioms:

• get into    meter-se em
• go into    entrar

Русский (Russian)
в, внутрь чего-то, в соприкосновение с чем-то

idioms:

• get into    входить, прибывать, напяливать (одежду), заинтересоваться чем-л.
• go into    входить, вступать, врезаться во что-л., впадать (в ярость, истерику и пр.), посещать, исследовать, рассматривать, делиться на (о числе)

Español (Spanish)
prep. - en, a, dentro, adentro, hacia el interior
adj. - relativo a una función algebraica

idioms:

• get into    entrar, penetrar, vestir, meterse en, subir a un coche, meter
• go into    entrar en, examinar a fondo, profundizar, dedicarse a

Svenska (Swedish)
prep. - in i, ned i, upp i, ut i, fram i, i, in på, ut på, ned på

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
到...里, 成, 为, 进入到, 转入

idioms:

• get into    进入, 穿上, 陷入
• go into    从事, 进入...状态, 调查

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
prep. - 到...裡, 成, 為, 進入到, 轉入

idioms:

• get into    進入, 穿上, 陷入
• go into    從事, 進入...狀態, 調查

한국어 (Korean)
prep. - ~의 안으로, (변화,결과를 나타내어)~으로
adj. - (나눗셈)~을 나누어

idioms:

• get into    ~을 입히다., ~상태에 빠지게 하다, ~에게 버릇이 들게 하다
• go into    ~에 들어가다, ~로 통하다

日本語 (Japanese)
prep. - 中に, 中へ, …になるまで, …に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف جر) في‏

עברית (Hebrew)
prep. - ‮לתוך, ל-, אל-‬

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