to
to/to͞o/
preposition
- expressing motion in the direction of (a particular location)."walking down to the mall"
- approaching or reaching (a particular condition)."Christopher's expression changed from amazement to joy"
- identifying the person or thing affected."you were terribly unkind to her"
- identifying a particular relationship between one person and another."he is married to Jan's cousin"
- indicating that two things are attached."he had left his bike chained to a fence"
- concerning or likely to concern (something, especially something abstract)."a threat to world peace"
- used to introduce the second element in a comparison."it's nothing to what it once was"
infinitive marker
- used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive.
- used without a verb following when the missing verb is clearly understood."he asked her to come but she said she didn't want to"
adverb
so as to be closed or nearly closed.
"he pulled the door to behind him"
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6 days ago · 4. —used as a function word to indicate addition, attachment, connection, belonging, possession, accompaniment, or response. the key to the door.
To definition: (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from).
Electronics and computing edit ·.to, Tonga's Internet country code top-level domain · Teraoctet (To), a unit of digital information equal to 1012 octets ...
to preposition (FOR). for the purpose of doing something: I asked Helen out to dinner.
Synonyms for TO: before, of, prior to, previous to, till, until, ere, fore; Antonyms of TO: after, following, since, next, next to.
to in American English 1 · 1. a. in the direction of; toward · 2. as far as; to the extent of. wet to the skin, starved to death · 3. a. toward or into the ...
(obsolete) As a. With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered ...
in the direction of something; towards something. I walked to the office. It fell to the ground. It was on the way to the station. He's going to Paris.
a — used to indicate how people or things are related, connected, etc. She is married to my cousin.
to · 1. In one direction; toward a person or thing: owls with feathers wrong end to. · 2. Into a shut or closed position: pushed the door to. · 3. Into a state ...