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keyed into

keyed into is the simple past and past participle of key into.

Meaning of key into

Verb

key into (third-person singular simple present keys into, present participle keying into, simple past and past participle keyed into)

  1. (transitive) To put (someone) into (a particular state, emotion etc.).
  2. (intransitive) To cohere with; to accord with, to be in keeping with.
    • [T]he sheer insistence here on these myths of Greek victory, and the repeated variations on the theme through different legendary cycles, key into the idea of the Parthenon as a monument of Athenian triumph.2002, Mary Beard, The Parthenon, Profile Books, published 2010, page 144
  3. (transitive) To make (someone) focus or concentrate on (something); to make (someone) understand.
    • Walter wasn't on the same page as the rest of us at first, but we talked about it and keyed him into it.

Questions about keyed into

What is keyed into the simple past and past participle of?
Keyed into is the simple past and past participle of key into.

Words near keyed into in the dictionary

  1. keyed down
  2. keyed fiddle
  3. keyed fiddles
  4. keyed in
  5. keyed in on
  6. keyed into
  7. keyed off
  8. keyed on
  9. keyed out
  10. keyed up
  11. keyer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: keyed into (page history and authors); key into (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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