"plug into" meaning in All languages combined

See plug into on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: plugs into [present, singular, third-person], plugging into [participle, present], plugged into [participle, past], plugged into [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} plug into (third-person singular simple present plugs into, present participle plugging into, simple past and past participle plugged into), {{term-label|en|ditransitive}} (ditransitive)
  1. To connect an electric device into something using a plug. Tags: ditransitive Related terms: plug in
    Sense id: en-plug_into-en-verb-Y6BMwQ9E
  2. (figuratively) To join something in the manner of a plug. Tags: ditransitive, figuratively
    Sense id: en-plug_into-en-verb-c0e2oTER
  3. (idiomatic) To become aware of or knowledgeable about. Tags: ditransitive, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-plug_into-en-verb-b5v7Ng5S
  4. (idiomatic, mathematics) To replace a variable with a number in order to solve an equation. Tags: ditransitive, idiomatic Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-plug_into-en-verb-V45z0u9A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "into", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 20 51 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "into": 30 13 14 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 15 16 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 14 15 56 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I spent ages trying to fix my computer, before realizing that it wasn't plugged into the wall.",
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        "To connect an electric device into something using a plug."
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          "ref": "2022 November 24, Pranshu Verma, “Sam's Club's AI knows how much pumpkin pie you'll eat this holiday”, in Washington Post:",
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        {
          "ref": "1997 October 24, Tom Horton, “Michener's 'Chesapeake' revisited Novel: While not a masterpiece, the book enables readers to plug into what is ecologically important.”, in The Baltimore Sun:",
          "text": "Environmental education is just now grappling with this: how to enable a populace that will change jobs and locations frequently to plug into what is ecologically important in preserving whatever landscape it finds itself in?",
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        "(idiomatic) To become aware of or knowledgeable about."
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          "text": "If you know two sides of a right triangle, you can find the third by plugging them into the Pythagorean Theorem.",
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