To

//tuː//

Synonyms for "to" (60 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (12)

for in order to against all the way among ante as far as before by closed cut off

Adverb(1 words)

Strong matches (18)

cut short dispose of do away with en route to end ere finish for to get rid of headed for in in consideration of in contemplation of in passage to in transit to into kill

Phrase(1 words)

in order for

Related words (30)

near nip nip in the bud on on route to opposite order over over against preceding rid slaughter so so as to so that take off through till touching toward

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towards until unto up up to upon versus with

Adverb(1 words)

shut

Verb(1 words)

tend

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

open

Synonyms

4 entries

closed for for to in order to

Related terms

9 entries

Citations:to For quotations using this term at come to heave to here's to lean-to set-to to and fro

derived

18 entries

finna gonna gotta hafta lean-to many-to-many many-to-one one-to-many one-to-one oughta supposta to a hair to a man to and fro to hand to spare

Showing 16 of 18 words.

form of

1 entries

too

has a

3 entries

child need family friend friend fun person needs to laugh

has context

10 entries

arithmetic canada dialectal dialects nautical newfoundland sports time uk west midlands

related to

20 entries

a all to and fro apart arriving as asunder at away come to direction heave to intensity lean to negation on

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Translations

462 translations across 98 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

për të particle (infinitive-marker)
të particle (infinitive-marker)
në prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

εἰς prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
πρός prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Arabic

4 entries

أَنّ particle (infinitive-marker)
إِلَى prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
عَلَى prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
لـ prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Armenian

3 entries

ալ particle (infinitive-marker)
ել particle (infinitive-marker)
դեպի prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Assamese

3 entries

ইব particle (infinitive-marker)
ইবলৈ particle (infinitive-marker)
অলৈ prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

maq particle (infinitive-marker)
mək particle (infinitive-marker)

Bakhtiari

1 entries

وه prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Bashkir

4 entries

...-гә prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
...-гә prep (target or recipient of an action)
...-гә prep (end of range)
...-гә prep (used to indicate ratios)

Bengali

1 entries

তে particle (infinitive-marker)

Bulgarian

1 entries

да particle (infinitive-marker)

Burmese

1 entries

ကို prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Catalan

4 entries

per conj (in order to)
ar particle (infinitive-marker)
er particle (infinitive-marker)
ir particle (infinitive-marker)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

为了 conj (in order to)
到 prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
差 prep (time: preceding)
比 prep (used to indicate ratios)

Cornish

3 entries

rag conj (in order to)
a particle (infinitive-marker)
dhe prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Czech

4 entries

aby conj (in order to)
i particle (infinitive-marker)
t particle (infinitive-marker)
ti particle (infinitive-marker)

Danish

4 entries

for at conj (in order to)
at particle (infinitive-marker)
til prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
til prep (used to indicate ratios)

Dutch

4 entries

om te conj (in order to)
en particle (infinitive-marker)
te particle (infinitive-marker)
aan prep (used to indicate the indirect object)

Esperanto

4 entries

i particle (infinitive-marker)
al prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
al prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
ĝis prep (end of range)

Estonian

1 entries

enne prep (time: preceding)

Faroese

3 entries

a particle (infinitive-marker)
at particle (infinitive-marker)
til prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Finnish

4 entries

että conj (in order to)
jotta conj (in order to)
en prep (end of range)
kanssa prep (target or recipient of an action)

French

4 entries

afin de conj (in order to)
pour conj (in order to)
er particle (infinitive-marker)
ir particle (infinitive-marker)

Galician

4 entries

ar particle (infinitive-marker)
er particle (infinitive-marker)
ir particle (infinitive-marker)
or particle (infinitive-marker)

Georgian

1 entries

უკლია prep (time: preceding)

German

4 entries

um … zu conj (in order to)
en particle (infinitive-marker)
zu particle (infinitive-marker)
dem prep (target or recipient of an action)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌳𐌿 prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Greek

4 entries

να particle (infinitive-marker)
με prep (used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship)
παρά prep (time: preceding)
προς prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Hawaiian

2 entries

e particle (infinitive-marker)
i prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Hebrew

4 entries

כְּדֵי conj (in order to)
ל־ particle (infinitive-marker)
אל prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
ב־ prep (used to indicated exponentiation)

Hindi

4 entries

ना particle (infinitive-marker)
... को prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
तक prep (time: preceding)
से prep (used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship)

Hungarian

4 entries

hogy conj (in order to)
ni particle (infinitive-marker)
nak prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
nek prep (used to indicate the indirect object)

Icelandic

3 entries

a particle (infinitive-marker)
að particle (infinitive-marker)
til prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Ido

4 entries

ar particle (infinitive-marker)
ir particle (infinitive-marker)
or particle (infinitive-marker)
a prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Indonesian

4 entries

banding prep (used to indicate ratios)
hingga prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
ke prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
kepada prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Ingrian

1 entries

vaijaa prep (time: preceding)

Interlingua

1 entries

a prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Irish

4 entries

a particle (infinitive-marker)
chuig prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
chun prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
chun prep (time: preceding)

Italian

4 entries

per conj (in order to)
are particle (infinitive-marker)
arre particle (infinitive-marker)
ere particle (infinitive-marker)

Japanese

4 entries

に conj (in order to)
...に prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
...へ prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
...まで prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Judeo-Italian

2 entries

אַה prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
אַה prep (target or recipient of an action)

Khmer

1 entries

ដល់ prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Korean

2 entries

...에게 prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
...으로 prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Latgalian

2 entries

da prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
pret prep (used to indicate ratios)

Latin

4 entries

ut conj (in order to)
ere particle (infinitive-marker)
āre particle (infinitive-marker)
ēre particle (infinitive-marker)

Latvian

2 entries

līdz prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
pret prep (used to indicate ratios)

Limburgish

2 entries

e particle (infinitive-marker)
tö particle (infinitive-marker)

Lithuanian

1 entries

į prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Low German

2 entries

tau prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
to prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

do prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Macedonian

1 entries

да particle (infinitive-marker)

Malay

4 entries

untuk conj (in order to)
ke prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
kepada prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
nisbah prep (used to indicate ratios)

Maltese

4 entries

għal prep (used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship)
lejn prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
lil prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
lill prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡩᡝ prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Middle Low German

2 entries

tho prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
to prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Mongolian

2 entries

д prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
руу prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Māori

1 entries

ki prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Ndzwani Comorian

1 entries

ni prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Neapolitan

4 entries

e particle (infinitive-marker)
à particle (infinitive-marker)
è particle (infinitive-marker)
ì particle (infinitive-marker)

Nepali

1 entries

नु particle (infinitive-marker)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

pvo prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Norwegian

1 entries

til prep (used to indicate the indirect object)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

å particle (infinitive-marker)
til prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
til prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

å particle (infinitive-marker)
til prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
til prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Nǀuu

1 entries

ǁʻâa prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Occitan

1 entries

cap a prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Old Norse

1 entries

til prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

ـمق particle (infinitive-marker)
ـمک particle (infinitive-marker)

Persian

4 entries

ـتن particle (infinitive-marker)
ـدن particle (infinitive-marker)
به prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
به prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Polish

4 entries

aby conj (in order to)
by conj (in order to)
żeby conj (in order to)
ać particle (infinitive-marker)

Portuguese

4 entries

para conj (in order to)
ar particle (infinitive-marker)
er particle (infinitive-marker)
ir particle (infinitive-marker)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਣਾ particle (infinitive-marker)

Romanian

4 entries

ca să conj (in order to)
să conj (in order to)
a particle (infinitive-marker)
cu prep (used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship)

Russian

4 entries

что́бы conj (in order to)
ать particle (infinitive-marker)
еть particle (infinitive-marker)
ить particle (infinitive-marker)

Scots

4 entries

tae particle (infinitive-marker)
tae prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
tae prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
tae prep (used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

do prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
gu prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
gu prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
gu prep (used to indicate ratios)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ti particle (infinitive-marker)
ći particle (infinitive-marker)

Sicilian

2 entries

ari particle (infinitive-marker)
iri particle (infinitive-marker)

Slovak

4 entries

ť particle (infinitive-marker)
do prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
k prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
k prep (used to indicate ratios)

Slovene

4 entries

ti particle (infinitive-marker)
h prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
k prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
proti prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Spanish

4 entries

para conj (in order to)
ar particle (infinitive-marker)
er particle (infinitive-marker)
ir particle (infinitive-marker)

Swahili

4 entries

ku particle (infinitive-marker)
hadi prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
kwenda prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
mpaka prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Swedish

4 entries

för att conj (in order to)
att particle (infinitive-marker)
i prep (time: preceding)
med prep (used after certain adjectives to indicate a relationship)

Talysh

2 entries

کی particle (infinitive-marker)
ور prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Tamil

4 entries

கு conj (in order to)
அ particle (infinitive-marker)
ஆக prep (target or recipient of an action)
ஆக prep (time: preceding)

Telugu

4 entries

కి prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
కి prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
కి prep (used to indicate ratios)
కు prep (used to indicate the indirect object)

Thai

1 entries

ยัง prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

long prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Turkish

4 entries

mak particle (infinitive-marker)
mek particle (infinitive-marker)
a prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
e prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Tuvan

2 entries

же prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
че prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Ukrainian

4 entries

по conj (in order to)
у conj (in order to)
ати particle (infinitive-marker)
ити particle (infinitive-marker)

Urdu

1 entries

... کو prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Venetan

4 entries

a prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
a prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
a prep (time: preceding)
avanti prep (time: preceding)

Veps

1 entries

da particle (infinitive-marker)

Vietnamese

4 entries

để conj (in order to)
cho prep (used to indicate the indirect object)
kém prep (time: preceding)
đến prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Volapük

3 entries

ön particle (infinitive-marker)
ad prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)
lü prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Votic

1 entries

first infinitive particle (infinitive-marker)

West-Frisian

1 entries

nei prep (in the direction of, and arriving at)

Zulu

1 entries

uku particle (infinitive-marker)

Sample sentences

73 total sentences available.

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I have to go to sleep.

Source: tatoeba (1277)

This is never going to end.

Source: tatoeba (1287)

I just don't know what to say.

Source: tatoeba (1288)

It's because you don't want to be alone.

Source: tatoeba (1301)

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