"lock in" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lock in.wav [US] Forms: lock ins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lock in (plural lock ins)
  1. Nonstandard spelling of lock-in. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: lock-in
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-noun-soJykctT Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 29 10 12 34 3

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lock in.wav [US] Forms: locks in [present, singular, third-person], locking in [participle, present], locked in [participle, past], locked in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lock in (third-person singular simple present locks in, present participle locking in, simple past and past participle locked in)
  1. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To secure (someone or something) in a locked enclosure. Tags: transitive Derived forms: generational lock-in, lock-in [noun] Related terms: locked-in syndrome Translations (to secure someone or something in): lukita sisään (Finnish), sulkea sisään (Finnish), brać pod klucz [imperfective] (Polish), wziąć pod klucz [perfective] (Polish), encerrar (Spanish), enllavar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-verb-xmyCPnWO Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 29 10 12 34 3 Disambiguation of 'to secure someone or something in': 94 0 3 3 0
  2. (transitive) To fix the value of (something potentially variable). Tags: transitive Translations (to fix the value): kiinnittää (Finnish), lukita (Finnish), zatrzymywać [imperfective] (Polish), zatrzymać [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-verb-dzo6PNUa Disambiguation of 'to fix the value': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To prevent (someone or something) from escaping, deteriorating, or switching to an alternative. Tags: colloquial, transitive Translations (to prevent switching): blokować [imperfective] (Polish), zablokować [perfective] (Polish), enllavar (Spanish), llavear (Spanish), llavir [Argentina] (Spanish), candar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-verb-iozNSBGC Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 29 10 12 34 3 Disambiguation of 'to prevent switching': 6 0 81 13 0
  4. (transitive, music) To synchronize (especially a rhythm section) into a groove. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-verb-KI4dYcUI Categories (other): Music, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 22 4 12 46 1 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 17 20 8 11 40 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 29 10 12 34 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 20 7 8 54 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 19 5 7 59 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 21 7 12 38 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 11 13 42 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 8 13 43 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 6 17 48 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 15 3 6 74 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 22 10 13 34 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 18 9 10 48 2 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  5. (transitive or intransitive, colloquial) To focus entirely (on something). Tags: colloquial, intransitive, transitive Coordinate_terms: lock on, home in Translations (to focus entirely): 盡力而為 /尽力而为 (jìnlì'érwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù) (Chinese Mandarin), se donner à fond (French), mettre le plaquet (French), sich ins Zeug legen (German), leggja seg i selen (Norwegian Nynorsk), skupiać się [imperfective] (Polish), skupić się [perfective] (Polish), encauzarse (Spanish), encarrilarse (Spanish), mecatearse (Spanish), hiperenfocarse (Spanish), abocarse (Spanish), concertarse (Spanish), ponerse las pilas (Spanish), ponerse para lo suyo (Spanish), echarle ganas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-verb-en:focus_entirely Disambiguation of 'to focus entirely': 1 1 0 0 98

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "jìnlì'érwéi",
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      "sense": "to secure someone or something in",
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      "roman": "jìnlì'érwéi",
      "sense": "to focus entirely",
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      "word": "全力以赴"
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      "word": "se donner à fond"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to focus entirely",
      "word": "mettre le plaquet"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "encarrilarse"
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      "word": "concertarse"
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to focus entirely",
      "word": "ponerse las pilas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to focus entirely",
      "word": "ponerse para lo suyo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang_code": "es",
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      "word": "echarle ganas"
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