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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