To Meaning and Definition

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