Definition

1. Verb:
   • To enter a place, space, or condition: To move or pass from the outside to the inside of something.
   • To join or begin to participate in a profession, field of study, or activity: To start a particular career or line of work.
   • To be used or consumed in an activity or process: To have effort, time, money, or resources expended on something.
   • To examine or discuss something in detail: To investigate or describe the particulars of a subject.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • He watched the train go into the tunnel. (It moved from outside to inside the tunnel.)
  • She decided to go into medicine after college. (She began a career in the medical field.)
  • A great deal of planning went into the event. (A lot of planning effort was consumed by the event.)
  • The report will go into the causes of the problem. (The report will examine the causes in detail.)

Advanced Usage

• "to go into detail(s)": to explain or describe something with many specifics.
  • I won't go into details now, but the meeting was very productive.
• "to go into effect/force": (of a law, rule, or change) to officially begin to apply or operate.
  • The new regulations go into effect next month.
• "to go into hiding": to conceal oneself to avoid being found.
  • The witness had to go into hiding for their safety.
• "to go into business": to start a company or commercial enterprise.
  • They went into business together as partners.

Variants and Related Words

• Go-in (noun, informal): An entrance or a way in.
• Goer (noun): A person who goes, often used in compounds (e.g., theatergoer).
• Going (noun): The act of departing or leaving.

Synonyms

• Enter: To come or go into a place.
• Join: To become a member of or participant in.
• Invest: To devote (time, effort, etc.) to an undertaking.
• Analyze: To examine methodically and in detail.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Go in for: To have an interest in or liking for something; to choose or participate in.
  • He doesn't really go in for team sports.
• Go in with: To join with someone, especially in a business venture.
  • She went in with her brother to buy the restaurant.

Related Idioms

• Go into a tailspin: To suddenly become very upset or to fall into a state of chaos or decline.
  • The company's stock price went into a tailspin after the news.
• Go into one's shell: To become shy, reserved, or uncommunicative.
  • Whenever strangers are around, he goes into his shell.

Verb

1. be used or required for
   • A lot of energy went into the organization of this banquet
2. to come or go into
   • the boat entered an area of shallow marshes