Meaning of plug into | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To connect an electric device into something using a plug.
   ditransitive
2. To join something in the manner of a plug.
   ditransitive, figuratively
3. To become aware of or knowledgeable about.
   ditransitive, idiomatic
4. To replace a variable with a number in order to solve an equation.
   ditransitive, idiomatic

Examples

“I spent ages trying to fix⟳ my computer, before realizing that it wasn't plugged into the wall.”

“Those data points, and others, plug⟳ into an artificial intelligence model⟳ they’ve made. It spits out recommendations to each store leader, such as how many pies need⟳ to be on-hand in their shops by the hour. Last⟳ year, Sam’s Club sold enough pumpkin pies to fill⟳ up 450 football fields, officials said. (They declined to give⟳ an exact figure⟳.)”

“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?”

“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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