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See also Appendix:Variations of "to"

1. (particle) A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
2. (particle, colloquial) As above, with the verb implied.
3. (preposition) In the direction of, and arriving at (indicating destination).
4. (preposition) Used to indicate purpose
5. (preposition) Used to indicate result of action
6. (preposition) Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
7. (preposition, arithmetic) Used to indicate ratios.
8. (preposition, arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
9. (preposition) Used to indicate the indirect object.
10. (preposition, time) Preceding
11. (preposition, Newfoundland) at
12. (adverb) Common misspelling of too.
13. (adverb) Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
14. (adverb, nautical) Into the wind.
15. (Czech, pronoun) it, that
16. (Danish, numeral, cardinal) two
17. (Danish, verb, dated) wash
18. (Ewe, noun) antelope
19. (Ewe, noun) ear
20. (Ewe, noun) father-in-law
21. (Ewe, noun) mortar
22. (Ewe, noun) mountain
23. (Ewe, verb) to crush
24. (Ewe, verb) to pound
25. (Finnish, Abbreviation abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms]] abbreviations]]) Thursday
26. (Ido, pronoun, demonstrative) this (thing)
27. (Japanese, particle) and; with
28. (Japanese, particle) (used after certain nouns, forms an adverb)
29. (Japanese, particle) if
30. (Japanese, particle) when
31. (Japanese, noun) 戸: Japanese-style door
32. (Japanese, noun) 都: metropolis
33. (Lojban, particle) Marks the start of a parenthetical clause or phrase, which is ended by toi.
34. (Norwegian, cardinal number, cardinal) two
35. (Old English, preposition) to, into
36. (Old English, preposition) at
37. (Old English, preposition, grammar) used to mark the inifitive (supine) of the verb
38. (Old English, adverb) besides
39. (Old English, adverb) in addition, also, too; moreover
40. (Polish, pronoun, demonstrative) this (nearby, neuter)
41. (Slovene, pronoun, demonstrative) this
42. (Vietnamese, adjective) big, large
43. (Vietnamese, adjective) great, considerable
44. (Translingual, symbol) The ISO 639-1 official language code of Tongan

Translingual

Symbol

to

1. The ISO 639-1 official language code of Tongan

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English

Most common English words: the « of « and « #4: to » in » I » that

Etymology

From Middle English to (“‘to’”), from Old English tō (“‘to’”), from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta (“‘to’”), from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do (“‘to’”). Cognate with Low Saxon to (“‘to’”), Dutch toe (“‘to’”), German zu (“‘to’”), West Frisian ta (“‘to’”).

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA: /tuː/, SAMPA: /tu:/
  • (US) IPA: /tu/, SAMPA: /tu/
• (unstressed, preconsonantal) IPA: /tə/, SAMPA: /t@/
• (unstressed, prevocalic) IPA: /tʊ/, SAMPA: /tU/

  Rhymes: -uː

• Homophones: too, two

Particle

to

1. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.

   I want to leave.

   He asked me what to do.

   I don’t know how to say it.

   I have places to go and people to see.

   To err is human.

   To be, or not to be: that is the question:

2. (colloquial) As above, with the verb implied.

   "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed."

   If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.

Usage notes

• Traditional British usage adds a verb after to, that is, does not use the second sense above.

Derived terms

• going to / gonna
• got to / gotta
• have to / hafta
• ought to / oughta
• supposed to / supposta
• used to / usta
• want to / wanna

Translations

infinitive-marker

Albanian: të, për të Armenian: -ել hy(hy) (-el), -ալ hy(hy) (-al) Catalan: -ar ca(ca) (1st conjugation); -er ca(ca), -r ca(ca), -re ca(ca) (2nd conj.); -ir ca(ca) (3rd conj.) Czech: -t cs(cs), -ti cs(cs), -i cs(cs) Danish: at da(da) Dutch: te nl(nl) French: -er fr(fr), -re fr(fr), -ir fr(fr) German: zu de(de), -en de(de) Greek: (extension) -σει Hungarian: (extension) -ni

Icelandic: að is(is) Italian: -are it(it), -ere it(it), -ire it(it) Latin: -āre la(la), -ēre la(la), -ere la(la), -īre la(la) Macedonian: да mk(mk) (da) Norwegian: å no(no) Persian: دَن (-dæn), تَن (-tæn) Romanian: a ro(ro) Russian: (suffix) -ать, -ять, -еть, -ить Scots: tae Spanish: -ar es(es), -er es(es), -ir es(es) Swedish: att sv(sv)

Preposition

to

1. In the direction of, and arriving at (indicating destination).

   We are walking to the shop.

2. Used to indicate purpose

   He devoted himself to education.

   They drank to his health.

3. Used to indicate result of action

   His face was beaten to a pulp.

4. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

   similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.

5. (arithmetic) Used to indicate ratios.

   one to one = 1:1

   ten to one = 10:1.

6. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

   Three squared or three to the second power is nine.

   Three to the power of two is nine.

   Three to the second is nine.

7. Used to indicate the indirect object.

   I gave the book to him.

8. (time) Preceding

   ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).

9. (Newfoundland) at

   Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.

Translations

in the direction of, and arriving at

Arabic: الى (íla), عَلى (ʕála) Armenian: դեպի hy(hy) (depi) Catalan: a, cap a Chinese: 到 (dào) Cornish: Kernewek Kemmyn: dhe (sometimes yn) Czech: k cs(cs), ke cs(cs), ku cs(cs), do cs(cs) Dutch: naar nl(nl) Esperanto: al eo(eo) Finnish: expressed with the case of the headword, often allative case French: à fr(fr) German: nach de(de), zu de(de), in de(de) Greek: προς (pros), σε (se) Hebrew: אל (el), ...ל (le-), ...ב (bi-) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: -hoz/-höz/-hez (allative, arriving at), felé (postposition, in the direction of) Ido: a io(io), ad io(io) Indonesian: ke, sampai, hingga, kepada Interlingua: a Irish: chuig ga(ga), chun ga(ga) Italian: a it(it), in it(it), per it(it)

Japanese: へ ja(ja) (e), まで ja(ja) (made) Korean: 으로 ko(ko) (euro) Latin: ad la(la) Lithuanian: į lt(lt) Maltese: lil mt(mt), lejn mt(mt), lill- mt(mt), lil- mt(mt) Norwegian: til no(no) Novial: a Persian: بِه (be) Polish: do Portuguese: a pt(pt), para pt(pt) Romanian: la ro(ro), către ro(ro), spre ro(ro) Russian: на; в, к (k) (words consisting of a consonant) Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can Scots: tae Scottish Gaelic: gu gd(gd) Slovene: k or h (if the next word begins with a "k" or "g"), proti Spanish: a es(es) hacia es(es) Swedish: till sv(sv) Telugu: -కి te(te) (ki), -కు te(te) (ku) Turkish: -e tr(tr), -a tr(tr), -ye tr(tr), -ya tr(tr) West Frisian: nei fy(fy)

used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship

Armenian: uses the dative case or նկատմամբ hy(hy) (nkatmamb) Catalan: a Czech: uses the dative case Dutch: tegen nl(nl), aan nl(nl), met nl(nl) French: à fr(fr) Greek: με el(el) Italian: a it(it) Maltese: għal mt(mt)

Persian: بِه (be) Portuguese: com pt(pt) Romanian: cu ro(ro) Scots: tae Scottish Gaelic: ri gd(gd) Spanish: a es(es) Swedish: till, med (protagonistic relation), mot (antagonistic relation)

used to indicate ratios

Armenian: uses the dative case or նկատմամբ hy(hy) (nkatmamb) Catalan: a Chinese: 比 (bǐ) Czech: ku cs(cs) Danish: til da(da) Dutch: tegen nl(nl) German: zu de(de) Greek: προς el(el) Italian: a it(it), per it(it)

Japanese: に ja(ja) (ni), へ ja(ja) (e) Romanian: la ro(ro) Scots: tae Scottish Gaelic: gu gd(gd) Slovene: proti sl(sl) Spanish: a es(es) Swedish: till sv(sv) Telugu: -కి te(te) (ki), -కు te(te) (ku)

used to indicated exponentiation

German: hoch de(de)

used to indicate the indirect object

Armenian: uses the dative case Czech: uses the dative case French: à fr(fr) German: zu de(de), an de(de) (+ accusative); (also rendered by the bare dative case) Irish: do ga(ga)

Latin: (rendered by the bare dative case) Scots: tae Scottish Gaelic: do gd(gd), gu gd(gd), ri gd(gd) Telugu: -కి te(te) (ki), -కు te(te) (ku)

time: preceding

Finnish: vaille fi(fi)

German: zu de(de), vor de(de)

See also

• at

Adverb

to (not comparable)

Positive to

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Common misspelling of too.
2. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

   Please would you push the door to.

3. (nautical) Into the wind.

Synonyms

• (toward a closed, touching or engaging position): closed, shut

Antonyms

• (toward a closed, touching or engaging position): open, ajar

See also

• come to
• heave to
• lean-to
• set-to
• to and fro

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Anagrams

• OT,

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

to n.

1. it, that

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“‘two’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toː/, [tˢoːˀ]

Numeral

to

1. (cardinal) two

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þvá (“‘wash’”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahan.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toː/, [tˢoːˀ]

Verb

to (imperative to, infinitive at to, present tense tor, past tense toede, past participle har toet)

1. (dated) wash

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Ewe

Noun

to

1. antelope
2. ear
3. father-in-law
4. mortar
5. mountain

Verb

to

1. to crush
2. to pound

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Finnish

Abbreviation

to (from torstai)

1. Thursday

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Ido

Pronoun

to

1. (demonstrative) this (thing)

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Japanese

Particle

to (hiragana と)

1. and; with
2. (used after certain nouns, forms an adverb)
3. if
4. when

Noun

to (hiragana と)

1. 戸: Japanese-style door
2. 都: metropolis

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Lojban

Particle

to, in selma'o to

1. Marks the start of a parenthetical clause or phrase, which is ended by toi.

Related terms

• to'i

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Norwegian

Cardinal number

to

1. (cardinal) two

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta (“‘to’”), from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do (“‘to’”). Cognate with Old Saxon tō (adv.), “‘to’”), Old High German zuo (adv.), “‘to’”).

Preposition

tō

1. to, into
2. at
3. (grammar) used to mark the inifitive (supine) of the verb

   tō drīfenne (“‘to drive’”)

Adverb

tō

1. besides
2. in addition, also, too; moreover

Descendants

• English: to, too

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *to < Proto-Indo-European *tód

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t̪ɔ/

Pronoun

to n.

1. (demonstrative) this (nearby, neuter)

Declension

    declension of to

	singular	plural
nominative	to	te
genitive	tego	tych
dative	temu	tym
accusative	to	te
instrumental	tym	tymi
locative	tym	tych
vocative	–	–

See also

• ta f.
• ten m.

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Slovene

Pronoun

to n.

1. (demonstrative) this

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Vietnamese

Adjective

to

1. big, large
2. great, considerable

Derived terms

• to lớn