MOVE INTO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does move into mean? 

• MOVE INTO (verb)
  The verb MOVE INTO has 1 sense:

1. to come or go into

  Familiarity information: MOVE INTO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOVE INTO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To come or go into

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into

Context example:

the boat entered an area of shallow marshes

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "move into"):

take the field (go on the playing field, of a football team)

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

re-enter (enter again)

file in (enter by marching in a file)

pop in (enter briefly)

walk in (enter by walking)

call at; out in (enter a harbor)

take water (enter the water)

turn in (make an entrance by turning from a road)

board; get on (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))

intrude; irrupt (enter uninvited)

encroach upon; intrude on; invade; obtrude upon (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate)

dock (come into dock)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Also:

move in (move into a new house or office)

 Context examples 

Now you will move into a sunny, happy period, no matter what year you were born.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Activated JAK kinases phosphorylate and activate STAT transcription factors, particularly STAT3, that move into the nucleus to activate transcription of genes containing STAT3 response elements.

(IL6 Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

At last Mrs. Micawber resolved to move into the prison, where Mr. Micawber had now secured a room to himself.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In most cases, studies move into phase III only after a treatment seems to work in phases I and II.

(phase III trial, NCI Dictionary)

An in vitro assay in which cultured cells are monitored and analyzed for their ability to move into an acellular area of a culture material.

(Migration Assay, NCI Thesaurus)

Two days ago some repairs were started in the west wing of the building, and my bedroom wall has been pierced, so that I have had to move into the chamber in which my sister died, and to sleep in the very bed in which she slept.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Later in the month, November 22, the Sun will move into Sagittarius, and life will seem smoother and easier to navigate.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

During this time, Saturn will move into your financial eighth house of other people’s money and stop opposing your Sun.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

On November 22, the Sun will move into Sagittarius, and you will feel greater energy and drive.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A big plus in January will be that Mars, the action planet, will move into Sagittarius on January 3 to stay until February 16.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)