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Complete Definition of "to"

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English

rank|the|of|and|4|to|in|I|that

Etymology
OE. tÅ�.

Homophones
too
two

Particle
en-part

A particle used to mark the following verb as an infinitive.

#:I want to leave.
#:He asked me what to do.
#:I donâ��t know how to say it.
#:To err is human.

Translations
trans-top|infinitive-marker
Albanian: tÃ«, pÃ«r tÃ«
Catalan: a
Czech: Infinitive is marked by an extension, not a marker.
Danish: t+|da|at
Dutch: t+|nl|te
French: t+|fr|-er, t-|fr|-re, t+|fr|-ir
German: t+|de|zu, t-|de|-en
Greek: (extension) -Ï�ÎµÎ¹
Hungarian: (extension) -ni
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Icelandic: t+|is|aÃ°
Italian: t-|it|-re
Norwegian: t|no|Ã¥
Persian: FAchar|Ø¯Ù�|Ø¯Ù�Ù� (-dÃ¦n), FAchar|ØªÙ�|ØªÙ�Ù� (-tÃ¦n)
Romanian a
Russian: (suffix) -Ð°Ñ�Ñ�, -Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�, -ÐµÑ�Ñ�, -Ð¸Ñ�Ñ�
Scots: tae
Spanish: t-|es|-ar, t-|es|-er, t-|es|-ir
Swedish: t+|sv|att
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Preposition
en-prep

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

#: We are walking to the shop.

Used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship.

#:similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her.

Used to indicate ratios.

#:one to one = 1:1
#:ten to one = 10:1.

Used to indicate the indirect object.

#:I gave the book to him.

(time) Preceding

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

Translations
trans-top|in the direction of, and arriving at
Arabic: ARchar|Ø§Ù�Ù� (Ãla), ARchar|Ø¹Ù�Ù�|Ø¹Ù�Ù�Ù� (Ê�Ã¡la)
Catalan: a, cap a
Chinese: å�° (dÃ o)
Cornish:

Czech: t+|cs|k, t+|cs|ke, t+|cs|ku, t+|cs|do
Dutch: t+|nl|naar
Esperanto: t+|eo|al|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: expressed with the case of the headword, often allative case
French: t+|fr|Ã
German: t+|de|nach}, {{t+|de|zu, t+|de|in
Greek: Ï�Ï�Î¿Ï� (pros), Ï�Îµ (se)
Hebrew: ×�×� (el), ...×� (le-), ...×� (bi-)
Hungarian: -hoz/-hÃ¶z/-hez (allative, arriving at), felÃ© (postposition, in the direction of)
Indonesian: ke, sampai, hingga, kepada
Interlingua: a
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|a, t+|it|in, t+|it|per
Japanese: t+|ja|ã�¸|tre|scJAchar, t-|ja|ã�¾ã�§|trmade|scJAchar
Korean: t-|ko|ì�¼ë¡�|treuro|scKOchar
Latin: t+|la|ad
Lithuanian: t+|lt|Ä¯|xs=Lithuanian
Maltese: t-|mt|lil|xsMaltese, t-|mt|lejn|xsMaltese, t-|mt|lill-|xsMaltese, t-|mt|lil-|xsMaltese
Novial: a
Persian: FAchar|Ø¨Ù�|Ø¨Ù�Ù� (be)
Portuguese: t+|pt|a, t+|pt|para
Romanian: t-|ro|la, t-|ro|cÄ�tre, t-|ro|spre
Russian: Ð½Ð°#Russian|Ð½Ð°; Ð²#Russian|Ð², Ðº#Russian|Ðº (k) (words consisting of a consonant)
Slovene: k or h (if the next word begins with a "k" or "g"), proti
Spanish: t+|es|a t+|es|hacia
Swedish: t+|sv|till
Turkish: t+|tr|-e, t-|tr|-a, t-|tr|-ye, t-|tr|-ya
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trans-top|used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship
Catalan: a
Czech: t+|cs|k, t+|cs|ke
Dutch: t+|nl|tegen, t+|nl|aan, t+|nl|met
French: t+|fr|Ã
Greek: t+|el|Î¼Îµ|sc=Grek
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Italian: t+|it|a
Maltese: t-|mt|gÄ§al|xs=Maltese
Persian: FAchar|Ø¨Ù�|Ø¨Ù�Ù� (be)
Portuguese: t+|pt|com
Romanian: t+|ro|cu
Spanish: t+|es|a
Swedish: till, med (protagonistic relation), mot (antagonistic relation)
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trans-top|used to indicate ratios
Catalan: a
Chinese: æ¯� (bÇ�)
Czech: t+|cs|ku
Dutch: t+|nl|tegen
Greek: t-|el|Ï�Ï�Î¿Ï�|sc=Grek
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|a, t+|it|per
Japanese: t+|ja|ã�«|trni|scJAchar, t|ja|csJAchar|ã�¸|tre
Romanian: t-|ro|la
Slovene: t+|sl|proti
Spanish: t+|es|a
Swedish: t+|sv|till
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