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   to

   /to͞o/

   preposition

   • 1. expressing motion in the direction of (a particular location): "walking down to the mall"
   • ▪ expressing location, typically in relation to a specified point of reference: "forty miles to the south of the site"
   • ▪ expressing a point reached at the end of a range or after a period of time: "a drop in profits from $105 million to around $75 million"
   • ▪ (in telling the time) before (the hour specified): British "it's five to ten"
   • 2. approaching or reaching (a particular condition): "Christopher's expression changed from amazement to joy"
   • ▪ expressing the result of a process or action: "smashed to smithereens"
   • ▪ governing a phrase expressing someone's reaction to something: "to her astonishment, he smiled"
   • 3. identifying the person or thing affected: "you were terribly unkind to her"
   • ▪ identifying the recipient or intended recipient of something: "he wrote a heart-rending letter to the parents"
   • 4. identifying a particular relationship between one person and another: "he is married to Jan's cousin"
   • ▪ in various phrases indicating how something is related to something else (often followed by a noun without a determiner): "made to order"
   • ▪ indicating a rate of return on something, e.g., the distance traveled in exchange for fuel used, or an exchange rate that can be obtained in one currency for another: "it only does ten miles to the gallon"
   • ▪ indicating the power (exponent) to which a number is raised: "ten to the minus thirty-three"
   • 5. indicating that two things are attached: "he had left his bike chained to a fence"
   • 6. concerning or likely to concern (something, especially something abstract): "a threat to world peace"
   • 7. used to introduce the second element in a comparison: "it's nothing to what it once was"

   infinitive marker

   • 1. used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive.
   • ▪ expressing purpose or intention: "I set out to buy food"
   • ▪ expressing an outcome, result, or consequence: "he was left to die"
   • ▪ expressing a cause: "I'm sorry to hear that"
   • ▪ indicating a desired or advisable action: "I'd love to go to France this summer"
   • ▪ indicating a proposition that is known, believed, or reported about a specified person or thing: "a house that people believed to be haunted"
   • ▪ forming a future tense with reference to the immediate future: "he was about to sing"
   • ▪ after a noun, indicating its function or purpose: "a chair to sit on"
   • ▪ after a phrase containing an ordinal number: "the first person to arrive"
   • 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"

   Word Origin Old Englishtō (adverb and preposition), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch toe and German zu.

   Scrabble Points: 2

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   Dec 14, 2022 · The irregular verb to be is the most complicated of all the English verbs—and it just so happens to be the most used, too. The to be verbs are am, are, is, was, and were, along with the bare infinitive be, the present participle being, and the past participle been. In this guide, we explain all you need to know about grammar for the verb to be.

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    Synonyms for TO-BE in English: elect, future, coming, next, appointed, designate, prospective, approaching, next, future, …