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to

[too; unstressed too, tuh]

–preposition

1.	(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.

2.	(used for expressing direction or motion or direction toward something) in the direction of; toward: from north to south.

3.	(used for expressing limit of movement or extension): He grew to six feet.

4.	(used for expressing contact or contiguity) on; against; beside; upon: a right uppercut to the jaw; Apply varnish to the surface.

5.	(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.

6.	(used for expressing aim, purpose, or intention): going to the rescue.

7.	(used for expressing destination or appointed end): sentenced to jail.

8.	(used for expressing agency, result, or consequence): to my dismay; The flowers opened to the sun.

9.	(used for expressing a resulting state or condition): He tore it to pieces.

10.	(used for expressing the object of inclination or desire): They drank to her health.

11.	(used for expressing the object of a right or claim): claimants to an estate.

12.	(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°.

13.	(used for expressing addition or accompaniment) with: He added insult to injury. They danced to the music. Where is the top to this box?

14.	(used for expressing attachment or adherence): She held to her opinion.

15.	(used for expressing comparison or opposition): inferior to last year's crop; The score is eight to seven.

16.	(used for expressing agreement or accordance) according to; by: a position to one's liking; to the best of my knowledge.

17.	(used for expressing reference, reaction, or relation): What will he say to this?

18.	(used for expressing a relative position): parallel to the roof.

19.	(used for expressing a proportion of number or quantity) in; making up: 12 to the dozen; 20 miles to the gallon.

20.	(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.

21.	(used as the ordinary sign or accompaniment of the infinitive, as in expressing motion, direction, or purpose, in ordinary uses with a substantive object.)

22.	Mathematics. raised to the power indicated: Three to the fourth is 81 (3⁴ = 81).

–adverb

23.	toward a point, person, place, or thing, implied or understood.

24.	toward a contact point or closed position: Pull the door to.

25.	toward a matter, action, or work: We turned to with a will.

26.	into a state of consciousness; out of unconsciousness: after he came to.

—Idiom

27.	to and fro. fro (def. 2).

Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE tō; c. D te, toe, G zu

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Language Translation for : To

Spanish:

a, hacia,

German:

zu, auf,

Japanese:

～へ

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T.O.

telegraph office.

Also, TO

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t.o.

turnover.

2.	turn over.

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to (tōō; tə when unstressed) Pronunciation Key
prep.

1. In a direction toward so as to reach: went to the city.
2. Towards: turned to me.
3. Reaching as far as: The ocean water was clear all the way to the bottom.
4. To the extent or degree of: loved him to distraction.
5. With the resultant condition of: nursed her back to health.
6. Before: The time is ten to five.
7. Up till; until: worked from nine to five.
8. For the purpose of: went out to lunch.
9. In honor of: a toast to the queen.
10. Used before a verb to indicate the infinitive: I'd like to go.
11. Used alone when the infinitive is understood: Go if you want to.
12. Used to indicate the relationship of a verb with its complement: refer to a dictionary; refer me to a dictionary.
13. Used with a reflexive pronoun to indicate exclusivity or separateness: had the plane to ourselves.
1. Reaching as far as: The ocean water was clear all the way to the bottom.
2. To the extent or degree of: loved him to distraction.
3. With the resultant condition of: nursed her back to health.
4. Before: The time is ten to five.
5. Up till; until: worked from nine to five.
6. For the purpose of: went out to lunch.
7. In honor of: a toast to the queen.
8. Used before a verb to indicate the infinitive: I'd like to go.
9. Used alone when the infinitive is understood: Go if you want to.
10. Used to indicate the relationship of a verb with its complement: refer to a dictionary; refer me to a dictionary.
11. Used with a reflexive pronoun to indicate exclusivity or separateness: had the plane to ourselves.
Toward a given state: helping minority women to economic equality.
In contact with; against: their faces pressed to the windows.
In front of: stood face to face.
Used to indicate appropriation or possession: looked for the top to the jar.
Concerning; regarding: waiting for an answer to my letter.
In a particular relationship with: The brook runs parallel to the road.
As an accompaniment or a complement of: danced to the tune.
Composing; constituting: two cups to a pint.
In accord with: job responsibilities suited to her abilities.
As compared with: a book superior to his others.
1. Before: The time is ten to five.
2. Up till; until: worked from nine to five.
3. For the purpose of: went out to lunch.
4. In honor of: a toast to the queen.
5. Used before a verb to indicate the infinitive: I'd like to go.
6. Used alone when the infinitive is understood: Go if you want to.
7. Used to indicate the relationship of a verb with its complement: refer to a dictionary; refer me to a dictionary.
8. Used with a reflexive pronoun to indicate exclusivity or separateness: had the plane to ourselves.
1. For the purpose of: went out to lunch.
2. In honor of: a toast to the queen.
3. Used before a verb to indicate the infinitive: I'd like to go.
4. Used alone when the infinitive is understood: Go if you want to.
5. Used to indicate the relationship of a verb with its complement: refer to a dictionary; refer me to a dictionary.
6. Used with a reflexive pronoun to indicate exclusivity or separateness: had the plane to ourselves.
1. Used before a verb to indicate the infinitive: I'd like to go.
2. Used alone when the infinitive is understood: Go if you want to.
3. Used to indicate the relationship of a verb with its complement: refer to a dictionary; refer me to a dictionary.
4. Used with a reflexive pronoun to indicate exclusivity or separateness: had the plane to ourselves.
1. Used to indicate the relationship of a verb with its complement: refer to a dictionary; refer me to a dictionary.
2. Used with a reflexive pronoun to indicate exclusivity or separateness: had the plane to ourselves.

adv.

In one direction; toward a person or thing: owls with feathers wrong end to.
Into a shut or closed position: pushed the door to.
Into a state of consciousness: The patient came to.
Into a state of action or attentiveness: sat down for lunch and fell to.
Nautical Into the wind.

[Middle English, from Old English tō; see de- in Indo-European roots.]

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O.E. to "in the direction of, for the purpose of, furthermore," from W.Gmc. *to (cf. O.S., O.Fris. to, Du. too, O.H.G. zuo, Ger. zu "to"), from PIE pronomial base *do- "to, toward, upward" (cf. L. donec "as long as," O.C.S. do "as far as, to," Gk. suffix -de "to, toward," O.Ir. do, Lith. da-). In O.E., the preposition (go to town) leveled with the adverb (the door slammed to) except where the adverb retained its stress (tired and hungry too); there it came to be written with -oo (see too). The nearly universal use of to with infinitives (to sleep, to dream, etc.) arose in M.E. out of the O.E. dative use of to, and helped drive out the O.E. inflectional endings (though in this use to itself is a mere sign, without meaning). Commonly used as a prefix in M.E. (to-hear "listen to," etc.), but few of these survive (to-do, together, and time references like today, tonight, tomorrow -- Chaucer also has to-yeere). To and fro "side to side" is attested from 1340. Phrase what's it to you "how does that concern you?" goes back a long way:

"Huæd is ðec ðæs?"
[John xxi.22, in Lindisfarne Gospel, c.950]

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The country code for Tonga.
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A*lone"\, a. [All + one. OE. al one all allone, AS. [=a]n one, alone. See All, One, Lone.]

1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.

Alone on a wide, wide sea. --Coleridge.

It is not good that the man should be alone. --Gen. ii. 18.

2. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.

Man shall not live by bread alone. --Luke iv. 4.

The citizens alone should be at the expense. --Franklin.

3. Sole; only; exclusive. [R.]

God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being. --Bentley.

4. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless. --Shak.

Note: The adjective alone commonly follows its noun.

To let or leave alone, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.

to
Tonga

table of organization
telegraph office
tubo-ovarian
turn over

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