Word: To
How to pronounce: tuː
Preposition
Definitions:
1. Expressing motion in the direction of (a particular location)
Example sentences: "Walking down to the mall"
2. Approaching or reaching (a particular condition)
Example sentences: "Christopher's expression changed from amazement to joy"
3. Identifying the person or thing affected.
Example sentences: "You were terribly unkind to her"
4. Identifying a particular relationship between one person and another.
Example sentences: "He is married to Jan's cousin"
5. Indicating that two things are attached.
Example sentences: "He had left his bike chained to a fence"
6. Concerning or likely to concern (something, especially something abstract)
Example sentences: "A threat to world peace"
7. Used to introduce the second element in a comparison.
Example sentences: "It's nothing to what it once was"
Infinitive particle
Definitions:
1. Used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive.
2. Used without a verb following when the missing verb is clearly understood.
Example sentences: "He asked her to come but she said she didn't want to"
Adverb
Definitions:
1. So as to be closed or nearly closed.
Example sentences: "He pulled the door to behind him"
Synonyms:
up to
so that
so
with
of
towards
for
toward
on
in
onto
along
that
before
until
in order
so as
in order that
allow
which
ere
afore
closed
Antonyms:
with
of
after
then
subsequently
afterwards
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To in Other Languages...
Spanish: A
German: Zu
French: De
Italian: Per
Turkish: Için
