Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plunge into

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: plunge in-to
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

A partial synonym of plunge in.

Example Sentences

"Before asking the reader to plunge into the subject of linear models I shall, in accordance with a sensible custom, attempt in the few pages which follow to give some idea of what this subject is."
"At 0508 on July 18 1981, the last freight train plunged into the 3-mile 66-yard Woodhead Tunnel at Dunford Bridge. [...] As it emerged back into the daylight at Woodhead at 0514, heading west, that was it for this famous railway line."

Inflected Forms

plunges into (present, singular) plunging into (participle, present) plunged into (participle, past) plunged into (past)

Questions

What does plunge into mean?: A partial synonym of plunge in.

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