"lock in" meaning in English

See lock in in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lock in.wav 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): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 4 17 18 1 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 26 27 4 20 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 28 4 17 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 31 4 18 16 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 29 4 20 20 1

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lock in.wav 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) To secure (someone or something) in a locked enclosure. Tags: transitive Derived forms: lock-in [noun] Related terms: locked-in syndrome Translations (to secure someone or something in): lukita sisään (Finnish), sulkea sisään (Finnish), encerrar (Spanish), enllavar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-verb-cGqtVn87 Categories (other): 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 Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 4 17 18 1 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 26 27 4 20 20 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 33 6 18 19 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 28 4 17 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 30 3 20 21 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 31 4 18 16 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 29 4 20 20 1 Disambiguation of 'to secure someone or something in': 95 0 2 3 0
  2. (transitive) To fix the value of (something potentially variable). Tags: transitive Translations (to fix the value): kiinnittää (Finnish), lukita (Finnish)
    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): enllavar (Spanish), llavear (Spanish), llavir [Argentina] (Spanish), candar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-verb-iozNSBGC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 4 17 18 1 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 26 27 4 20 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 28 4 17 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 31 4 18 16 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 29 4 20 20 1 Disambiguation of 'to prevent switching': 9 0 75 16 0
  4. (transitive, music) To synchronize (especially a rhythm section) into a groove. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-verb-KI4dYcUI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 4 17 18 1 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 26 27 4 20 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 28 4 17 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 31 4 18 16 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 29 4 20 20 1 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) To focus entirely (on something). Tags: colloquial, intransitive Translations (to focus entirely): encauzarse (Spanish), encarrilarse (Spanish), mecatearse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lock_in-en-verb-en:focus_entirely Disambiguation of 'to focus entirely': 0 1 0 0 99

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, music) To synchronize (especially a rhythm section) into a groove."
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to focus entirely",
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        "To focus entirely (on something)."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to secure someone or something in",
      "word": "lukita sisään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to secure someone or something in",
      "word": "sulkea sisään"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to secure someone or something in",
      "word": "encerrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to secure someone or something in",
      "word": "enllavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fix the value",
      "word": "kiinnittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fix the value",
      "word": "lukita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prevent switching",
      "word": "enllavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prevent switching",
      "word": "llavear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prevent switching",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina"
      ],
      "word": "llavir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prevent switching",
      "word": "candar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to focus entirely",
      "word": "encauzarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to focus entirely",
      "word": "encarrilarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to focus entirely",
      "word": "mecatearse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lock in"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"in\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lock ins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "lock in (plural lock ins)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "lock-in"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English nonstandard forms"
      ],
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        "Nonstandard spelling of lock-in."
      ],
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          "lock-in",
          "lock-in#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
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  "word": "lock in"
}

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