"to-infinitive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: to-infinitives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} to-infinitive (plural to-infinitives)
  1. (grammar) The English infinitive verb form when introduced by the particle to. Categories (topical): English, Grammar Synonyms: full infinitive, marked infinitive Coordinate_terms: bare infinitive Translations (uninflected verb form): infinitif avec to [masculine] (French), infinitif complet [masculine] (French), to不定詞 (to futeishi) (alt: toふていし) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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