GO INTO (SOMETHING)


Meaning of GO INTO (SOMETHING) in English

go into something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ go )

1 . JOB [not in passive] to start to do a particular type of job:

I always wanted to go into nursing.

She’s thinking of going into business (=starting a business) .

2 . TIME/MONEY/EFFORT [not in passive] to be spent or used to get, make, or do something:

Years of research have gone into this book.

go into doing something

A great deal of time and effort has gone into ensuring that the event runs smoothly.

3 . EXPLAIN to explain, describe, or examine something in detail:

I don’t want to go into the matter now.

I don’t want to go into details now.

4 . COMPUTER [not in passive] to open a particular computer program, ↑ window , or ↑ file :

Go into your D drive.

5 . BE IN A PARTICULAR STATE [not in passive] to start to be in a particular state or condition:

She went into labour at midnight and the baby was born at 8 am.

The company went into liquidation.

6 . HIT [not in passive] if a vehicle goes into a tree, wall, or another vehicle, it hits it:

His car went into a lamppost in the high street.

7 . DIVIDE [not in passive] if a number goes into another number, the second number can be divided by the first:

12 goes into 60 five times.

8 . BEGIN TO MOVE IN A PARTICULAR WAY [not in passive] if a vehicle goes into a particular movement, it starts to do it:

The plane had gone into a steep descent.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.