- (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from): They came to the house.
- (used for expressing direction or motion or direction toward something) in the direction of; toward: from north to south.
- (used for expressing limit of movement or extension): He grew to six feet.
- (used for expressing contact or contiguity) on; against; beside; upon: a right uppercut to the jaw;Apply varnish to the surface.
- (used for expressing a point of limit in time) before; until: to this day;It is ten minutes to six.We work from nine to five.
- (used for expressing aim, purpose, or intention): going to the rescue.
- (used for expressing destination or appointed end): sentenced to jail.
- (used for expressing agency, result, or consequence): to my dismay;The flowers opened to the sun.
- (used for expressing a resulting state or condition): He tore it to pieces.
- (used for expressing the object of inclination or desire): They drank to her health.
- (used for expressing the object of a right or claim): claimants to an estate.
- (used for expressing limit in degree, condition, or amount): wet to the skin;goods amounting to $1000;Tomorrow's high will be 75 to 80°.
- (used for expressing addition or accompaniment) with: He added insult to injury.They danced to the music.Where is the top to this box?
- (used for expressing attachment or adherence): She held to her opinion.
- (used for expressing comparison or opposition): inferior to last year's crop;The score is eight to seven.
- (used for expressing agreement or accordance) according to; by: a position to one's liking;to the best of my knowledge.
- (used for expressing reference, reaction, or relation): What will he say to this?
- (used for expressing a relative position): parallel to the roof.
- (used for expressing a proportion of number or quantity) in; making up: 12 to the dozen;20 miles to the gallon.
- (used for indicating the indirect object of a verb, for connecting a verb with its complement, or for indicating or limiting the application of an adjective, noun, or pronoun): Give it to me.I refer to your work.
- (used as the ordinary sign or accompaniment of the infinitive, as in expressing motion, direction, or purpose, in ordinary uses with a substantive object.)
- raised to the power indicated: Three to the fourth is 81 (34= 81).
- toward a point, person, place, or thing, implied or understood.
- toward a contact point or closed position: Pull the door to.
- toward a matter, action, or work: We turned to with a will.
- into a state of consciousness; out of unconsciousness: after he came to.
- turnover.
- turn over.
- telegraph office.
- used to indicate the destination of the subject or object of an action
- used to mark the indirect object of a verb in a sentence
- used to mark the infinitive of a verb
- as far as; until
- used to indicate equality
- against; upon; onto
- before the hour of
- accompanied by
- as compared with, as against
- used to indicate a resulting condition
- a dialect word for at 1 he's to town; where's it to?
- towards a fixed position, esp (of a door) closed
- Tonga
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