how to pronounce into

/ˈɪn.tuː/

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into is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of into in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… that I sort of got into sort of Tech and …”

meanings of into

preposition:

Investigating the subject (of).
Against, especially with force or violence.
To or towards the region of.
To or towards the inside of.
Interested in or attracted to.
Indicates transition into another form or substance.
After the start of.
Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
Expressing the operation of multiplication.

name:

Initialism of Irish National Teachers' Organisation.

into frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word into occurs in english on average 1634.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics into can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that into can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) people, society, and culture;