to

ISO 639-1 language code for Tongan.

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.

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.

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.

In order to.

• I went to the shops to buy some bread.

In the direction of; towards.

• She looked to the heavens.

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

• We are walking to the shop.
• The water came right to the top of this wall.
• The coconut fell to the ground.

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.

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

• I fixed the notice to the wall.
• Put your shoulder to the door.
• To clutch/clasp/hold/press one's hanky to one's mouth/nose/forehead.

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

• His face was beaten to a pulp.
• I sang my baby to sleep.
• Whisk the mixture to a smooth consistency.

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

• 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.

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.

Indicating a degree or level reached.

• It was to a large extent true.
• We manufacture these parts to a very high tolerance.
• This gauge is accurate to a second.

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.

Denotes the end of a range.

• It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.

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).

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.

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.

Preceding (the stated hour).

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

With implied hour.

• It’s quarter to.

According to.

• Our holiday did not go to plan.

At.

• Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
• Where are you to?

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.

Toward a closed, touching, or engaging position.

• Please push the door to.
• I pulled the door to after me.

Into the wind.

Misspelling of too.

A filler word common amongst urban Indians.

• I am to so bored right now.