"plug in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-plug in.ogg Forms: plugs in [present, singular, third-person], plugging in [participle, present], plugged in [participle, past], plugged in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} plug in (third-person singular simple present plugs in, present participle plugging in, simple past and past participle plugged in)
  1. (idiomatic) To connect (an electrical device) to a plug socket. Tags: idiomatic Translations (connect an electrical device): toka qoşmaq (Azerbaijani), endollar (Catalan), 接上 (jiēshàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 插上 (chāshang) (Chinese Mandarin), 插入 (chārù) (Chinese Mandarin), tilslutte (Danish), laittaa töpseli seinään (Finnish), brancher (French), einstecken (German), βάζω σε (vázo se) (Greek), attaccare alla presa (Italian), ដោតចូល (daotcoul) (Khmer), mono mai (Maori), pliodgi (Norman), podłączać [imperfective] (Polish), podłączyć [perfective] (Polish), plugar (Portuguese), băga în priză (Romanian), подключа́ть (podključátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подключи́ть (podključítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), enchufar (Spanish), prize takmak [singular] (Turkish), fişe takmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-plug_in-en-verb-wDvvAlNW Disambiguation of 'connect an electrical device': 93 1 2 3 1
  2. (idiomatic) To familiarize and integrate (a person) into an organization. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-plug_in-en-verb-90ern10s Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 10 36 14 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 10 35 14 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 35 15 34 7
  3. (idiomatic, mathematics) To replace a variable with a number in order to solve an equation. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: substitute
    Sense id: en-plug_in-en-verb-V45z0u9A Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 10 36 14 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 10 35 14 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 35 15 34 7 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (idiomatic) To input or enter (data). Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-plug_in-en-verb-plzq75g3 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 Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 26 37 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 12 9 23 42 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 12 16 44 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 9 17 56 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 8 12 60 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 10 36 14 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 8 18 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 8 5 17 64 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 9 18 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 12 17 44 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 9 18 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 15 15 42 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 10 14 54 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 14 8 18 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 15 16 45 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 9 18 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 10 35 14 33 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 12 17 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 35 15 34 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 14 9 18 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 10 14 54 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 10 13 57 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 9 18 49 11
  5. To become involved in something. Related terms: plug into
    Sense id: en-plug_in-en-verb-0rWStDQI

Inflected forms

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          "word": "einstecken"
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          "word": "plugar"
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          "word": "băga în priză"
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          "text": "The drivers routinely patrol these areas- welfare offices, senior centers, even street corners- asking the Medicare patients to come with them for check-ups in return for cash. […] To get plugged in, we enlisted Lizzie Green, a 75-year-old widow who lives on social security and a small pension. She agreed to be our undercover test patient.",
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          "ref": "2017 July 15, Dan Barnes, “Dan Barnes: Eskimos survive late scare to remain only unbeaten CFL team”, in Edmonton Journal:",
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          "ref": "c. 2017, Jay Moneta Hunter Thomson, “Membership”, in Wyatt Elementary PTA:",
          "text": "Research shows that children whose parents are involved in their school make better grades and have fewer disciplinary problems at school. When parents get plugged in at school, their children do better.",
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          "text": "Want to find out what the bloggers are talking about before it hits the mainstream? Just sign up for PubSub […] and plug in your search terms. This site crawls more than 9 million blogs, public relations newswires, and SEC filings for relevant entries, and then e-mails you the results.",
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          "ref": "1994 September 22, 'Clinical Evidence' - Fraudulent Medicare Claims in FL (television production), Chris Wallace (actor), ABC:",
          "text": "The drivers routinely patrol these areas- welfare offices, senior centers, even street corners- asking the Medicare patients to come with them for check-ups in return for cash. […] To get plugged in, we enlisted Lizzie Green, a 75-year-old widow who lives on social security and a small pension. She agreed to be our undercover test patient.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 July 15, Dan Barnes, “Dan Barnes: Eskimos survive late scare to remain only unbeaten CFL team”, in Edmonton Journal:",
          "text": "The Eskimos’ [football team] organizational depth has been tested early and often by a persistent injury bug that has claimed three starters […] and they continue to plug in new players and carry on.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 2017, Jay Moneta Hunter Thomson, “Membership”, in Wyatt Elementary PTA:",
          "text": "Research shows that children whose parents are involved in their school make better grades and have fewer disciplinary problems at school. When parents get plugged in at school, their children do better.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To familiarize and integrate (a person) into an organization."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To familiarize and integrate (a person) into an organization."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If an equation has three unknowns, you can plug in two of them to find the third.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To replace a variable with a number in order to solve an equation."
      ],
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          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
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          "variable"
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          "equation"
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        "(idiomatic, mathematics) To replace a variable with a number in order to solve an equation."
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        {
          "word": "substitute"
        }
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        "idiomatic"
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 July, Dan Tynan, “30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on the Internet”, in PC World, volume 23, number 7, page 76:",
          "text": "Want to find out what the bloggers are talking about before it hits the mainstream? Just sign up for PubSub […] and plug in your search terms. This site crawls more than 9 million blogs, public relations newswires, and SEC filings for relevant entries, and then e-mails you the results.",
          "type": "quote"
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      "glosses": [
        "To input or enter (data)."
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        [
          "input",
          "input"
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          "enter",
          "enter"
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          "data",
          "data"
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        "(idiomatic) To input or enter (data)."
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1983 December 24, Cindy Patton, “AIDS: Putting the Pieces Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 3:",
          "text": "The inability of the gay movement as a whole to interrelate AIDS work with the many other items on its political agenda left vast segments of the lesbian and gay community sitting on the sidelines wondering how and why to plug in.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become involved in something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "involved",
          "involved"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "toka qoşmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "endollar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiēshàng",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "接上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāshang",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "插上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chārù",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "插入"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "tilslutte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "laittaa töpseli seinään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "brancher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "einstecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vázo se",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "βάζω σε"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "attaccare alla presa"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "daotcoul",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "ដោតចូល"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "mono mai"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "pliodgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podłączać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podłączyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "plugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "băga în priză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podključátʹ",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подключа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podključítʹ",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подключи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "enchufar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "prize takmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "connect an electrical device",
      "word": "fişe takmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plug in"
}

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