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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Particle 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Preposition 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 See also 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Antonyms 1.5.3 See also 2 Czech 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Pronoun 3 Danish 3.1 Cardinal number 4 Ewe 4.1 Noun 4.2 Verb 5 Finnish 5.1 Abbreviation 6 Japanese 6.1 Particle 6.2 Noun 7 Norwegian 7.1 Cardinal number 8 Polish 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Pronoun 8.3 See also 9 Slovene 9.1 Pronoun 10 Vietnamese 10.1 Adjective

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
the	of	and	#4: to	in	I	that

[ Etymology

Old English tō.

[ 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 to mark the following verb as an infinitive.

   I want to leave.

   He asked me what to do.

   I don’t know how to say it.

   To err is human.

[ Translations

infinitive-marker

Albanian: të, për të Catalan: a Czech: Infinitive is marked by an extension, not a marker. 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) 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 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.

3. Used to indicate ratios.

   one to one = 1:1

   ten to one = 10:1.

4. Used to indicate the indirect object.

   I gave the book to him.

5. (time) Preceding

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

[ Translations

in the direction of, and arriving at

Arabic: الى (íla), عَلى (ʕála) 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-) Hungarian: -hoz/-höz/-hez (allative, arriving at), felé (postposition, in the direction of) 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) Novial: a Persian: بِه (be) 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) 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) Turkish: -e tr(tr), -a tr(tr), -ye tr(tr), -ya tr(tr)

used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship

Catalan: a Czech: k cs(cs), ke cs(cs) 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) Spanish: a es(es) Swedish: till, med (protagonistic relation), mot (antagonistic relation)

used to indicate ratios

Catalan: a Chinese: 比 (bǐ) Czech: ku cs(cs) Dutch: tegen nl(nl) Greek: προς el(el) Italian: a it(it), per it(it)

Japanese: に ja(ja) (ni), へ ja(ja) (e) Romanian: la ro(ro) Slovene: proti sl(sl) Spanish: a es(es) Swedish: till sv(sv)

used to indicate the indirect object

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)

[ See also

• at

[ Adverb

to (not comparable)

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

   Please would you push the door to.

[ 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 word see thee citations page.

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[ Czech

[ Pronunciation

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[ Pronoun

to

1. it, that

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[ Danish

[ Cardinal number

to

1. (cardinal) two

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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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[ 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: door
2. 都: metropolis

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[ Norwegian

[ Cardinal number

to

1. (cardinal) two

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[ Polish

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔ/

[ Pronoun

to

1. this

[ See also

• ta
• ten

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[ Slovene

[ Pronoun

to n.

1. (demonstrative) this

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[ Vietnamese

[ Adjective

to

1. big, large
2. great, considerable