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- Dictionaryto/tuː/
preposition
- 1. expressing motion in the direction of (a particular location): "walking down to the shops"
- 2. approaching or reaching (a particular condition): "Christopher's expression changed from amazement to joy"
infinitive marker
- 1. used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive.
- 2. 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
- 1. so as to be closed or nearly closed: "he pulled the door to behind him"
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TO definition: 1. used before a verb to show that it is in the infinitive 2. used after some verbs, especially…. Learn more.
1. a. used as a function word to indicate movement or an action or condition suggestive of movement toward a place, person, or thing reached. drove to the city. went back to the original idea. went to lunch. b. used as a function word to indicate direction. a mile to the south. turned his back to the door. a tendency to silliness. c.
To definition: (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from). See examples of TO used in a sentence.
You use to before the base form of a verb to form the to-infinitive. You use the to-infinitive after certain verbs, nouns, and adjectives, and after words such as 'how', 'which', and 'where'. The management wanted to know what I was doing there. She told ministers of her decision to resign.
Definition of to preposition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (used for expressing motion or direction toward a place, person, or thing approached and reached): Come to the house. 2. (used for expressing motion or direction toward something): from north to south. 3. (used for expressing limit of movement or extension): He grew to six feet.
In one direction; toward a person or thing. Owls with feathers wrong end to. American Heritage. Forward. His hat is on wrong side to. Webster's New World. In the normal or desired direction, position, or condition; esp., shut or closed. The door was blown to. Webster's New World.
The small boat was tossed to and fro by the waves. TO meaning: 1 : used to indicate that the following verb is in the infinitive form often used by itself in place of an infinitive verb when the verb is understood; 2 : used to indicate the place, person, or thing that someone or something moves toward.
To as a preposition: receiver of an action. We use to with verbs such as give, hand, send, write, to indicate the person or thing that receives or experiences the object of the verb: I [V] gave [O] the keys to [receiver] Jane. She’s always writing letters to the local newspaper. See also: Complements. Objects. To as a preposition: time.
to (to̅o̅; unstressed tŏŏ, tə), prep. (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.
