into

Pronunciation: ['intu:]

Average Rank: 86

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

prep. 进入...之内, 朝..., 深入...之中, 成为...状况

Detailed Explanations:
  • 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.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#48

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.5% (Top 99.5% most frequent)
99.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#155

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#56

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.4% (Top 99.4% most frequent)
99.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.