to

From Proto-Bahnaric *tɔʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tɔʔ. Cognates include Vietnamese đó, Khmer ដ៏ (dɑɑ).


to

Borrowed from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). First attested in 1575.


to

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of ten: it, this, that


to

your; second-person masculine singular possessive pronoun

From Latin tuus. Compare Italian tuo, Romanian tău, Friulian to, French ton, Spanish tu.


to

From Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”).
The modern Danish form is a merger of the original East Old Norse accusative masculine twā and the nominative/accusative feminine twāʀ (West tvær). The neuter tū (West tvau) is preserved in the adverb itu.


to

head

to (imperative to, infinitive at to, present tense tor, past tense toede, perfect tense har toet)

to (imperative)
at to (infinitive)
tor (present)
toede (past)
har toet (perfect)

From Old Norse þvá (“wash”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną.


to

I want to leave.

He asked me what to do.

I have places to go and people to see.

To err is human.

Who am I to criticise? I've done worse things myself.

To err, is human; to forgive, divine.

1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC:

To be, or not to be: that is the question: / […]

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

Odds are, BP to get new CEO this year

2010 July, “Archived copy”, in Associated Press, archived from the original on 2010-07-05, headline:

To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.

2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:

A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.

"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed."

If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.

You are to go to the store and buy a bottle of milk.

Used to indicate an obligation on the part of, or a directive given to, the subject.

I went to the shops to buy some bread.

the first infinitive of all verbs ends with -a or -ä

-akse- (translative of first infinitive with possessive suffix)

From Middle English to, from Old English tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō ~ *ta, from Proto-Indo-European *de ~ *do (“to”). Cognate with Scots tae, to (“to”), North Frisian to, tö, tu (“to”), Saterland Frisian tou (“to”), Low German to (“to”), Dutch toe, te (“to”), German zu (“to”), West Frisian ta (“to”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian ndaj (“towards”), Irish do (“to, for”), Breton da (“to, for”), Welsh i (“to, for”), Russian до (do, “to”). Doublet of too.


to

She looked to the heavens.

We are walking to the shop.

The water came right to the top of this wall.

The coconut fell to the ground.

Driven by a perceived political need to adopt a hard-line stance, Mr. Cameron’s coalition government has imposed myriad new restrictions, the aim of which is to reduce net migration to Britain to below 100,000.

2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-09-28:

Indicating destination or final position: In the direction of, so as to arrive at or reach.

I gave the book to him.

I spoke to him earlier.

He devoted himself to education.

They drank to his health.

Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

I fixed the notice to the wall.

Put your shoulder to the door.

So as to contact, press against, impact, etc.

His face was beaten to a pulp.

Whisk the mixture to a smooth consistency.

So as to become or reach: indicating a terminal state resulting from an action.

He made several bad-taste jokes to groans from the audience.

I tried complaining, but it was to no effect.

To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.

So as to bring about or elicit (an effect or outcome).

similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.

Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

It was to a large extent true.

We manufacture these parts to a very high tolerance.

Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.

There's a lot of sense to what he says.

The name has a nice ring to it.

Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.

With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); took her to wife (took her as a wife); was sold to slave (was sold as a slave).

one to one = 1:1

ten to one = 10:1.

I have ten dollars to your four.

The odds on that horse are seven to two.

The hoſt of Xerxes, which by fame is ſaid
To drinke the mightie Parthian Araris,
Was but a handfull to that we will haue.

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:

In total, the Reds had 28 shots to their opponent's nine, and 15 corners to the Baggies' three.

2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

Used to indicate a ratio or comparison; compared to, as against.

Three squared or three to the second power is nine.

Three to the power of two is nine.

Three to the second is nine.

(arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

What's the time? – It's quarter to four in the afternoon (or 3:45 pm).

It’s quarter to (3:45, or 4:45, or whatever time ending in 45 would make the most sense)

(time) Preceding (the stated hour).
(informal) With implied hour.

Preceding (the stated hour).
With implied hour.

Our holiday did not go to plan.

Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.

Where are you to?

"What's that to you?" said Trevool, rather sharply, "worn't I to a berrin? […]

1867, Cornish Tales, in prose and verse by various authors, page 33:

(Canada, Cornwall (UK), Newfoundland, Wales, West Midlands (UK)) At.

Cornwall (UK); West Midlands (UK); Cornwall (UK); West Midlands (UK)

Used more-or-less idiomatically with various verbs: keep to the left, agree to the proposal, attend to the matter, etc. See the individual entries.

nach (in this sense only used for and sole preposition option for constructions without articles, i.e. general directions (e.g. up, west), most countries and cities etc. and nachhause/nach Hause (home))

-δε (-de) (adverbial suffix added to certain nouns)

-σε (-se) (adverbial suffix added to certain pronouns and adjectives)

ל־

written together with the following word

felé (postposition, in the direction of)

h

if the next word begins with a "k" or "g"

-lle

e.g. annoin lantin hänelle ~ I gave a coin to her/him; puhuin hänelle ~ I spoke to her/him

kanssa

e.g. puhuin hänen kanssa(an) ~ I spoke with her/him

used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship

uses the dative case or նկատմամբ (nkatmamb)

-en

e.g. kahdesta neljään ~ from two to four

(first number in genitive case) suhde (second number in illative case) (e.g. yhden suhde yhteen ~ one to one)

(ordinal number of the exponent in illative case)

(ordinal number of the exponent in superessive case)


to

Please push the door to.

He went in his room, pushed the door to, without fastening the latch.

1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door to against the increasing rain.

1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter V, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 104:

(regionalism) Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.


to

I am to so bored right now.

(mild intensifier, colloquial, chiefly North India) a filler word common amongst urban Indians.


to

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

eo-head

to (accusative singular to-on, plural to-oj, accusative plural to-ojn)

to-on (accusative singular)
to-oj (plural)
to-ojn (accusative plural)


to

che al sedi santifiât il to nom, che al vegni il to ream,

"Your kingdom come, your will be done," (third and fourth sentences of Lord's Prayer)

(used attributively) your, thy; of yours, of thine

(used substantively) yours, thine; the thing belonging to you/ thee

head

to (second-person singular possessive of masculine singular, of feminine singular tô, of masculine plural tiei, of feminine plural tôs)

tô (feminine nominative singular)
tiei (masculine nominative plural)
tôs (feminine nominative plural)


to

Meu señor santo Tomé,
tendes dous nomes nun só,
sodes castrón polo mé,
é sodes cán polo tó.

1820, B. A. Fandiño, El Heráclito Español y Demócrito Gallego:

My good sir Santo Tomé:
You have two names in just one,
You are a ram with the "mé"
And a dog with the "tó"

interjection used to call dogs or cattle


to

Mutu to


to

Ùn ná yì ná tò cé / N ná yì ná tò ṣié

tò (canonical)
tò lɛ́ (plural)
tò lẹ́ (plural)

Cognates include Fon tò, Saxwe Gbe otò, Adja eto


to

Nyɛ́ tò hàn jì / Yẹ́n tò hàn jì

A present progressive or habitual tense marker, only used before nouns.


to

Cognates include Fon tò, Adja tò. Compare Yoruba tò, Ifè tò


to

tó (canonical)
tó lɛ́ (plural)
tó lẹ́ (plural)

From Proto-Gbe *-tó. Cognates include Fon tó, Saxwe Gbe otó, Adja eto, Ewe eto


to

a body of water, such as a lake or ocean


to

The hiragana syllable と (to) or the katakana syllable ト (to) in Hepburn romanization.


to

relative and interrogative pronoun; this, that


to

that; accusative singular masculine of tas

with that; instrumental singular masculine of tas

of that; genitive plural masculine of tas

that; accusative singular feminine of tas

with that; instrumental singular feminine of tas

of that; genitive plural feminine of tas


to

that; genitive singular masculine of tas


to

To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra.

You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")

to (second person informal singular, plural vouzòt, ouzòt, zòt, zo, objective twa, possessive determiner tô, possessive pronoun tokin, tochin)

vouzòt (plural)
ouzòt (plural)
zòt (plural)
zo (plural)
twa (objective)
tô (determiner possessive)
tokin (possessive pronoun without-noun)
tochin (possessive pronoun without-noun)


to

you (second-person singular nominative personal pronoun)


to

English: toe

Scots: tae

Yola: toan (plural)

From Old English tā, tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (“toe”).


to

English: to

Scots: tae

From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta.


to

English: to

Scots: tae

Yola: ta, to, t'


to

English: to

Scots: tae


to

English: too

Scots: tae

Yola: too


to

From Old Norse tvá, accusative case of tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.


to

tvu

two, non-standard or Høgnorsk gender-depending


to

(figurative, by extension) ability, nature

toet (definite singular)
to (indefinite plural)
toa (definite plural)


to

toa (definite singular)
tør (indefinite plural)
tørne (definite plural)


to

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of ten: it, this, that

Czech: to


to

Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.

When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
...ðā beseah hē tō Petre sumere ælmessan wilniġende...

Then looked he towards Peter, desiring an alms,...

tō drīfenne

(grammar) used to mark the infinitive (supine) of the verb

iċ wyrċe tō īsensmiðe

þā nam iċ hīe tō wīfe

tō bōte

to boot (literally: as an improvement, thus in addition)

Blickling Homilies, "The Dedication of St. Michael's Church"
Englas bēoð tō ðeġnunge gǣstum fram Gode hider on world sended...

Angels will be sent by God as spirits of service hither into the world...

From Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do (“to”). Cognate with Old Saxon tō (“to”), Old High German zuo (“to”), Old Irish do.


to

Ne sċeal nō tō hātheort, · ne tō hrædwyrde,
ne tō wāc wiga, · ne tō wanhȳdiġ,
ne tō forht, ne tō fæġen, · ne tō feohġīfre,
ne nǣfre ġielpes tō ġeorn, · ǣr hē ġeare cunne.

Should not be too wrathful, nor too hasty in words,
nor too weak warrior, nor too careless,
nor too fearful, nor too joyful, nor too eager for money,
nor ever too eager of pride, before he would know enough.

Middle English: to

English: to, too

Geordie English: te, tiv

Scots: tae


to

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *to. First attested in the 14th century.


to

then (in that case, used in if constructions)

secondary clause equivalent in superordinate clauses

Polish: to

Silesian: to


to

Middle Low German: tô

Low German: to

⇒ Old Saxon: tōtō, tōte

Middle Low German: tôte, tote, tôt, tot

Proto-Germanic *tō, whence also Old English ti and Old High German zuo


to

Janek to mój brat.

Górnicy to jest takie specyficzne społeczeństwo.

used to attribute to the known object a characteristic that helps one know more about the topic; may optionally be followed by jest [with nominative]

Chcieć to móc.

Where there's a will there's a way. (literally, “To want is to be able to.”)

Ciekawość to pierwszy stopień do piekła.

Curiosity killed the cat. (literally, “Curiosity is the first step to hell.”)

used to juxtapose elements that are equivalent

Nasze straty są minimalne, ale bez śmierci się nie obejdzie. Wojna to wojna.

Our losses are minimal but some casualties are inevitable. War is war.

No, ale rozkaz to rozkaz. Nie mnie podważać.

Well, but an order is an order. Not for me to question.

used to indicate that the subject of the conversation has peculiarities which are familiar to the interlocutors, so that nothing else needs to be said about it in order to understand the topic

Coordinate term: jeśli

„Wiem, co chcę zrobić.” „To to zrób”.

“I know what I want to do.” “Then do it.”

Jeśli to zrobisz, to daj mi znać.

„Jeżeli zbuduję sobie kiedyś własny dom, to właśnie taki” – myślałam.

“If I ever build my own house one day, this is the one,” I thought.

in that case, then (used in if-constructions)

Inherited from Old Polish to. Cognate with Czech to, Russian то (to), Ancient Greek τό (tó), German das, dass, English that.


to

Parę razy mi się udało. Z jedną to nawet bardzo.

I have succeeded a couple of times. With one it was even very successful.

used to indicate what one is talking about

W tych ścianach to ona była królową i musiała mieć królewskie wejście.

Within these walls, it was her who was the queen and had to have a royal entrance.

used to indicate what can be said about the topic, in contrast to all that cannot be said about it

No to kiedy zaczynamy?

OK, to do zobaczenia.

so (used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question, or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic)

Od kiedy to morderstwo jest takim ewenementem?

Komu to przypadło dzisiaj kucharzowanie?

used to indicate that the topic in the relevant question refers to a known set of elements from which a choice has to be made

A to zdolniacha z wuja!

No, tośmy wczoraj mieli niezły bal!

used to express surprise that something is indeed like that as the speaker did not think it could really be so

O Czechosłowacji po roku 1968 dochodziły do nas ponure wiadomości, dlatego to starałem się przejechać ten kraj jak najszybciej mimo zmęczenia.

There was grim news about Czechoslovakia after 1968, which is why I tried to cross the country as quickly as possible despite my fatigue.

(literary) used to indicate that the topic refers to a known object, mentioned in the preceding statement

Spróbuj zaakceptować jego wady. Nikt nie jest kryształowy. Pali to pali, widziały gały co brały.

Try to accept his flaws. No one is perfect. OK, he smokes, so what? Big deal, you should've thought about it earlier.

(colloquial) used to indicate that what someone has said about the topic is a fait accompli and should no longer be discussed


to

Inna rzecz, że nikt nie zwracał na niego szczególnej uwagi; to go dziwiło.

The other thing was that no one paid any particular attention to him; this surprised him.

Ewa, to Andrzej.

used to point to the object to which the sentence refers

to (nominative singular)
te (nominative plural)
tego (genitive singular)
tych (genitive plural)
temu (dative singular)
tym (dative plural)
tem (archaic dative plural)
to (accusative singular)
te (accusative plural)
tym (instrumental singular)
tem (instrumental singular)
tymi (instrumental plural)
temi (archaic instrumental plural)
tym (locative singular)
tem (locative singular)
tych (locative plural)
to (singular vocative)
te (plural vocative)


to

Old Japanese: 戸 (to₁)

Japanese: 戸 (to)

→ Jeju: 도 (do)

According to Beckwith (2004) p. 40, related to Gaya 梁 (dol /dor/, “door”).


to

Old Japanese: 所 (to₁)

Japanese: 所 (to)


to

Hawaiian: kō

Tongan: tō

Maori: tō

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.


to

Northern Ryukyuan:

Kikai: と゚ぅ (θu)

Kunigami: とぅ (thu)

Northern Amami Ōshima: と゚ぅ (θu)

Okinawan: とぅ (tu)

Okinoerabu: とぅ (tu)

Southern Amami Ōshima: とぅ (tu)

Tokunoshima: とぅ (tu)

Yoron: とぅ (tu)

Southern Ryukyuan: *to (Bentley, 2008b)

Miyako: とぅ (tu)

Yaeyama: とぅ (tu)

Yonaguni: とぅ (tu)


to

Chicahuaxtla Triqui: to³⁴


to

Samoyedic

Nenets

Tundra Nenets: таʼ (tā)

Ugric

Hungarian: túl, tova

Proto-Mordvinic: *to-, *tu-

desc

Erzya: тона (tona), тов (tov), тува (tuva)

Proto-Samic: *tuotë (see there for further descendants)

Proto-Finnic: *too (see there for further descendants)


to

nominative/accusative neuter singular of ten: it, this, that


to

inflection of ta:
accusative singular feminine

inflection of ta:
nominative/accusative singular neuter


to

(detatchable) body hair on the human body (especially pubic hair)

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰowh₂ōn, from the root *dʰewh₂-.


to

-to (canonical)
muto (indefinite singular)
bato (indefinite plural)
omuto (definite singular)
abato (definite plural)
mito (indefinite plural)
emito (definite plural)
lito (indefinite singular)
mato (indefinite plural)
erito (definite singular)
amato (definite plural)
kito (indefinite singular)
bito (indefinite plural)
ekito (definite singular)
ebito (definite plural)
nto (indefinite singular)
nto (indefinite plural)
ento (definite singular)
ento (definite plural)
ruto (indefinite singular)
oruto (definite singular)
kato (indefinite singular)
buto (indefinite plural)
akato (definite singular)
obuto (definite plural)
tuto (indefinite plural)
otuto (definite plural)
buto (indefinite singular)
obuto (definite singular)
kuto (indefinite singular)
okuto (definite singular)
hato (class-16 indefinite singular)
ahato (class-16 definite singular)


to

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Tongan.


to

tolar (plural)
to (nominative singular)
tolar (nominative plural)
toning (genitive singular)
tolarning (genitive plural)
toga (dative singular)
tolarga (dative plural)
toni (accusative definite singular)
tolarni (accusative definite plural)
toda (locative singular)
tolarda (locative plural)
todan (ablative singular)
tolardan (ablative plural)
todek (singular)
tolardek (plural)
toim (nominative possessive singular)
tolarim (nominative plural possessive)
toimning (genitive possessive singular)
tolarimning (genitive plural possessive)
toimga (dative possessive singular)
tolarimga (dative plural possessive)
toimni (accusative definite possessive singular)
tolarimni (accusative definite plural possessive)
toimda (locative possessive singular)
tolarimda (locative plural possessive)
toimdan (ablative possessive singular)
tolarimdan (ablative plural possessive)
toimdek (possessive singular)
tolarimdek (plural possessive)
toing (nominative possessive singular)
tolaring (nominative plural possessive)
toingning (genitive possessive singular)
tolaringning (genitive plural possessive)
toingga (dative possessive singular)
tolaringga (dative plural possessive)
toingni (accusative definite possessive singular)
tolaringni (accusative definite plural possessive)
toingda (locative possessive singular)
tolaringda (locative plural possessive)
toingdan (ablative possessive singular)
tolaringdan (ablative plural possessive)
toingdek (possessive singular)
tolaringdek (plural possessive)
toi (nominative possessive singular)
tolari (nominative plural possessive)
toining (genitive possessive singular)
tolarining (genitive plural possessive)
toiga (dative possessive singular)
tolariga (dative plural possessive)
toini (accusative definite possessive singular)
tolarini (accusative definite plural possessive)
toida (locative possessive singular)
tolarida (locative plural possessive)
toidan (ablative possessive singular)
tolaridan (ablative plural possessive)
toidek (possessive singular)
tolaridek (plural possessive)
toimiz (nominative possessive singular)
tolarimiz (nominative plural possessive)
toimizning (genitive possessive singular)
tolarimizning (genitive plural possessive)
toimizga (dative possessive singular)
tolarimizga (dative plural possessive)
toimizni (accusative definite possessive singular)
tolarimizni (accusative definite plural possessive)
toimizda (locative possessive singular)
tolarimizda (locative plural possessive)
toimizdan (ablative possessive singular)
tolarimizdan (ablative plural possessive)
toimizdek (possessive singular)
tolarimizdek (plural possessive)
toingiz (nominative possessive singular)
tolaringiz (nominative plural possessive)
toingizning (genitive possessive singular)
tolaringizning (genitive plural possessive)
toingizga (dative possessive singular)
tolaringizga (dative plural possessive)
toingizni (accusative definite possessive singular)
tolaringizni (accusative definite plural possessive)
toingizda (locative possessive singular)
tolaringizda (locative plural possessive)
toingizdan (ablative possessive singular)
tolaringizdan (ablative plural possessive)
toingizdek (possessive singular)
tolaringizdek (plural possessive)
toidek (possessive)
tolaridek (possessive)


to

Compare Thai โต (dtoo), Lao ໂຕ (tō), Lü ᦷᦎ (ṫo).


to

toeau (plural)
toeon (plural)
to
do (soft)
nho
tho

rhoi'r ffidil yn y to

to give up; to put the fiddle in the roof


to

Coome to thee met.

1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

Shoo ya aam zim to doone, as w' be doone nowe;

1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:

She gave them some to do, as we are doing now;

A near a haapney to paay a peepeare.

1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:

Wee aar lhaung vlealès an pikkès, to waaite apan a breede.

1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

With their long flails and picks, to wait upon the bride.

Hea marreet dear Phielim to his sweet Jauane.

He married dear Phelim to his sweet Joan.


to

(transitive) to order, to put things in order

(intransitive) to become ordered, to become arranged


to

Ẹjọ́ kúwe é tò

What are you gossiping about? (literally, “What matter are you talking incessantly about”)

(Ekiti, Ondo) to talk incessantly; to gossip


to

(intransitive) to be enough, to be worthy, to be sufficient, to amount to

gíga a rẹ̀ẹ́ tó erin

His tallness is comparable to an elephant


to

ọwọ́ mi kò tó o


to

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Related to Persian تو (to).