Meaning of to in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

adverb

• Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

  Example: Please push the door to.

• Into the wind.

preposition

• Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

  Example: We are walking to the shop.

• Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

  Example: He devoted himself to education.

• Used to indicate result of action.

  Example: His face was beaten to a pulp.

• Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

  Example: To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.

• Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

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

• Denotes the end of a range.

  Example: It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.

• As a.

  Example: 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 as a sacrifice);   took her to wife (took her as a wife);   was sold to slave (was sold as a slave).

• Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

  Example: I have ten dollars to your four.

• Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

  Example: Three squared or three to the second power is nine.

• (time) Preceding.

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

• Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

  Example: Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.

• At.

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