to

Symbol

to

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

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) ter
• (contraction) t'
• (abbreviation) 2

Pronunciation

Stressed

• (UK) IPA: /tuː/, [tʰu̟ː], enPR: to͞o
• (US) IPA: /tu/, [tʰu̟], enPR: to͞o
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /tʉː/, [tʰʉː]
• Homophones: too, two

Unstressed

• (before a consonant) IPA: /tə/
• (before a vowel) IPA: /tʊ/
  • (US, after a vowel) IPA: [ɾʊ]

Particle

to

1. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
   • 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.
2. As above, with the verb implied.
   • "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed."
   • If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. Used to indicate an obligation on the part of, or a directive given to, the subject.
   • You are to go to the store and buy a bottle of milk.
4. (expressing purpose) In order to.
   • I went to the shops to buy some bread.

Preposition

to

1. Indicating destination: In the direction of, so as to arrive at.
   • We are walking to the shop.
2. Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.
   • I gave the book to him.
   • I spoke to him earlier.
   • He devoted himself to education.
   • They drank to his health.
3. Used to indicate result of action.
   • His face was beaten to a pulp.
4. Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.
   • To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.
5. 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.
6. Denotes the end of a range.
   • It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.
7. (obsolete) As a.
   • 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).
8. Used to indicate a ratio or comparison; compared to, as against.
   • one to one = 1:1
   • ten to one = 10:1.
   • I have ten dollars to your four.
9. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
   • Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
   • Three to the power of two is nine.
   • Three to the second is nine.
10. (time) Preceding the next hour.
    • What's the time? – It's quarter to four in the afternoon (or 3:45 pm).
    • Antonym: past
    1. (informal) Often used without the hour
       • It’s quarter to (3:45, or 4:45, or whatever time ending in 45 would make the most sense)
11. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
    • 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.
12. According to.
    • Our holiday did not go to plan.
13. (Canada, Cornwall (UK), Newfoundland, Wales, West Midlands (UK)) At.
    • Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
    • Where are you to?

Adverb

to (not comparable)

1. (regionalism) Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
   • Please push the door to.
2. (nautical) Into the wind.
3. Misspelling of too.

Anagrams

• OT, ot-

Noun

to

1. sago (tree)

Adjective

to (epicene, plural tos)

1. your

Noun

to

1. water

Noun

to

1. water

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔː/

Pronoun

to

1. that, there

Noun

to

1. stiff porridge

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /ˈtɔ/

Noun

to m (plural tons)

1. (music) tone (specific pitch)
2. (linguistics) tone (pitch of a word)
3. tone or shade of a color

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈto]

Pronoun

to n

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

Pronoun

to m (feminine toa)

1. your; second-person masculine singular possessive pronoun

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtˢoˀ]

Numeral

to

1. two

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtˢoˀ]

Verb

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

1. (dated) wash

Pronunciation

• IPA: [to]
• Hyphenation: to

Noun

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

1. The name of the Latin-script letter T.

Noun

to

1. antelope
2. (anatomy) ear
3. father-in-law
4. mortar
5. mountain

Verb

to

1. to crush
2. to pound

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈto/, [ˈt̪o̞]
• Syllabification: to

Noun

to

1. Thu (abbreviation of Thursday)

Pronoun

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

1. (used attributively) your, thy; of yours, of thine
   • 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)
2. (used predicatively) yours, thine
3. (used substantively) yours, thine; the thing belonging to you/ thee

Preposition

to

1. in, at, to

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtɔː]

Interjection

to

1. interjection used to call dogs or cattle

Article

to

1. feminine definite article
   • Mutu to ― The woman

Noun

to

1. language

Alternative forms

• òtò, otò

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tò/

Noun

tò (plural tò lɛ́ or tò lẹ́)

1. city, village, town, country
   • Ùn ná yì ná tò cé / N ná yì ná tò ṣié ― I will go to my country

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tò/

Particle

tò

1. A present progressive or habitual tense marker, only used before nouns.
   • Nyɛ́ tò hàn jì / Yẹ́n tò hàn jì ― I am singing
   • Synonyms: nɔ̀, nọ̀

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tò/

Preposition

tò

1. in, at

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tò/

Verb

tò

1. to arrange, manage, organise

Alternative forms

• òtó, otó

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tó/

Noun

tó (plural tó lɛ́ or tó lẹ́)

1. ear

Pronunciation

• IPA: /to(ː)/

Noun

to

1. a body of water, such as a lake or ocean

Pronoun

to

1. Alternative form of ito (“that”)

Noun

to

1. eye

Romanization

to

1. Rōmaji transcription of と
2. Rōmaji transcription of ト

Conjunction

to

1. or

Alternative forms

• tū

Noun

to

1. water

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔ/

Verb

to

1. to make something go up

Pronoun

to

1. that; accusative singular masculine form of tas
2. with that; instrumental singular masculine form of tas
3. of that; genitive plural masculine form of tas
4. that; accusative singular feminine form of tas
5. with that; instrumental singular feminine form of tas
6. of that; genitive plural feminine form of tas

Pronoun

to

1. that; genitive singular masculine of tas

Pronunciation

• IPA: /to/

Pronoun

to (second person informal singular, objective twa, possessive tô)

1. you (singular), thou
   • To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra.
     • You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tɔ]

Pronoun

to n

1. this

Determiner

to

1. nominative neuter singular of ten
2. accusative neuter singular of ten

Pronoun

to (objective twa, formal ou)

1. you (second-person singular nominative personal pronoun)

Alternative forms

• toe, towe, two, tho, teie; ta (northern); toa (early)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔː/
• (Northern) IPA: /taː/

Noun

to (plural tos or ton)

1. (anatomy) toe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toː/
• (unstressed) IPA: /tu/, /tɔ/

Particle

to

1. to (infinitive marker)

Preposition

to

1. to

Adverb

to

1. to

Adverb

to

1. too

Conjunction

to

1. until
2. while
3. so that

Pronoun

to

1. the one (of two)

Particle

to

1. Alternative form of tó:

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tuː/

Numeral

to

1. two

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tuː/

Numeral

to

1. two

Noun

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

1. fabric
2. (figurative, by extension) ability, nature

Noun

to f (definite singular toa, indefinite plural tør, definite plural tørne)

Anagrams

• ot

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toː/

Preposition

tō

1. to, into
2. at
3. (grammar) used to mark the infinitive (supine) of the verb
   • tō drīfenne ― to drive
4. as
   • ic wyrce tō īsensmiðe ― I work as an ironsmith
   • þā nam ic hīe tō wīfe ― then I took her as a wife
   • tō bōte ― to boot (literally: as an improvement, thus in addition)

Adverb

tō

1. besides
2. in addition, also, too; moreover
3. to an excessive degree; too

Preposition

to

1. Alternative form of zuo

Particle

to

1. intensifying particle

Pronoun

to

1. relative and interrogative pronoun; this, that
2. possessive pronoun
3. indeterminate pronoun; this, that
4. introduction pronoun; this

Conjunction

to

1. then (in that case, used in if constructions)
2. clarifies a statement; namely
3. resultative conjunction; so
4. secondary clause equivalent in superordinate clauses

Preposition

tō

1. to

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔ/
• Syllabification: to

Conjunction

to

1. used to attribute to the known object a characteristic that helps one know more about the topic; may also be followed by jest [+nominative]
   • Janek to mój brat. ― Janek is my brother.
   • Górnicy to jest takie specyficzne społeczeństwo. ― Miners are such a peculiar society.
2. used to juxtapose elements that are equivalent
   • 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.”)
3. 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
   • 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.
4. in that case, then (used in if-constructions)
   • „Wiem, co chcę zrobić.” „To zrób”. ― "I know what I want to do." "Then do it."
   • Jeśli to zrobisz, to daj mi znać. ― If you do this, then let me know.
   • „Jeżeli zbuduję sobie kiedyś własny dom, to właśnie taki” – myślałam. ― "If I build my own house one day, this is the one," I thought.

Particle

to

1. used to indicate what one is talking about
   • Parę razy mi się udało. Z jedną to nawet bardzo. ― I have succeeded a couple of times. With one it was even very successful.
2. used to indicate what can be said about the topic, in contrast to all that cannot be said about it
   • 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.
3. 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)
   • Synonym: a
   • No to kiedy zaczynamy? ― So when are we starting?
   • OK, to do zobaczenia. ― OK, see you then.
4. 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
   • Synonym: też
   • Od kiedy to morderstwo jest takim ewenementem? ― Since when is murder such a rarity?
   • Komu to przypadło dzisiaj kucharzowanie? ― Who is cooking today?
5. used to express surprise that something is indeed like that as the speaker did not think it could really be so
   • Synonyms: ale, co za, jaki
   • A to zdolniacha z wuja! ― Uncle really is gifted!
   • No, tośmy wczoraj mieli niezły bal! ― Well, we had quite a party yesterday!
6. (literary) used to indicate that the topic refers to a known object, mentioned in the preceding statement
   • 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.
7. (colloquial) used to indicate that what someone has said about the topic is a fait accompli and should no longer be discussed
   • 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.

Pronoun

to n

1. this (nearby, neuter)
   • Antonym: tamto
   • 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.
2. used to point to the object to which the sentence refers
   • Synonym: oto
   • Ewa, to Andrzej. ― Ewa, this is Andrzej.

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), to is one of the top 10,355 most used words in Polish, appearing 655 times in scientific texts, 307 times in news, 880 times in essays, 1038 times in fiction, and 2233 times in plays, totaling 5113 times, making it the 11th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: to

Contraction

to (feminine ta)

1. Contraction of te o.

Noun

to

1. water

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tôː/

Pronoun

tȏ (Cyrillic spelling то̑)

1. neuter nominative singular of taj
2. neuter accusative singular of taj

Pronoun

to

1. it
2. that

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tóː/

Pronoun

tọ̑

1. inflection of ta:
   1. accusative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative singular neuter

Noun

to m

1. body hair on the human body (especially pubic hair)

Noun

to

1. (Euchre Creek) water

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA: [tɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA: [tɔ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [tɔ˧˧]

Adjective

to • (租, 穌, 粗, 蘇, 𡚡, 𡚢, 𢀱, 𫰅)

1. big, large
2. great, considerable
3. loud

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈto/, [ˈto]
• Hyphenation: to

Conjunction

to

1. (if ...) then
2. or else

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toː/

Noun

to m (plural toeau)

1. roof

Mutation

Preposition

to

1. Alternative form of ta

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tò/

Verb

tò

1. (transitive) to arrange, to line up
2. (transitive) to order, to put things in order
3. (intransitive) to become ordered, to become arranged

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tò/

Verb

tò

1. (Ekiti) to talk incessantly; to gossip
   • Synonym: rò
   • Ẹjọ́ kúwe é tò ― What are you gossiping about? (literally, “What matter are you talking incessantly about”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tó/

Verb

tó

1. (intransitive) to be enough, to be worthy, to be sufficient, to amount to
2. (intransitive) to be comparable to
   • gíga a rẹ̀ẹ́ tó erin ― His tallness is comparable to an elephant

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tó/

Verb

tó

1. to reach up to
   • ọwọ́ mi kò tó o ― My hand does not reach it
2. to be visible, to be comprehensible

Pronoun

to

1. (informal) you (sg., acc.)