What does “to” mean?
- 1
prepositionin the direction of a place, person, or thing
I walk to school every day.
- 2
prepositionused to show who receives something
Give the letter to your teacher.
- 3
prepositionused before a verb to form the infinitive
I want to learn Spanish.
To at a glance
- Part of speech
- preposition
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /tu/ · TOO
How to use “to” correctly
Don’t confuse “to”, “too” (also, very) and “two” (2). In fast speech “to” often sounds like “tuh”.
Common phrases with “to”
- go to
- from … to
- talk to
- want to
“to” is on these word lists
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- about prepositionA1on the subject of; connected with
- at prepositionA1used to show an exact place or position
- by prepositionA1used to show who or what does something
- for prepositionA1intended to be given to or used by someone or something
- from prepositionA1used to show where someone or something starts or comes from
- in prepositionA1inside or within a place, container or area
- into prepositionA1moving to the inside of a place or container
- of prepositionA1belonging to or connected with someone or something