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Sentence count:287+74Posted:2016-07-15Updated:2026-10-12
Antonym: from. Similar words: bo, Co., do., do, go, no, so, toe. Meaning: [tə; before a vowel; tʊ; stressed; tuː]  prep.1. (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from): They came to the house. 2. (used for expressing direction or motion or direction toward something) in the direction of; toward: from north to south. 3. (used for expressing limit of movement or extension): He grew to six feet. 4. (used for expressing contact or contiguity) on; against; beside; upon: a right uppercut to the jaw; Apply varnish to the surface. 5. (used for expressing a point of limit in time) before; until: to this day; It is ten minutes to six. We work from nine to five. 6. (used for expressing aim, purpose, or intention): going to the rescue. 7. (used for expressing destination or appointed end): sentenced to jail. 8. (used for expressing agency, result, or consequence): to my dismay; The flowers opened to the sun. 9. (used for expressing a resulting state or condition): He tore it to pieces. 10. (used for expressing the object of inclination or desire): They drank to her health. 11. (used for expressing the object of a right or claim): claimants to an estate. 12. (used for expressing limit in degree, condition, or amount): wet to the skin; goods amounting to $1000; Tomorrow's high will be 75 to 80°. 13. (used for expressing addition or accompaniment) with: He added insult to injury. They danced to the music. Where is the top to this box? 14. (used for expressing attachment or adherence): She held to her opinion. 15. (used for expressing comparison or opposition): inferior to last year's crop; The score is eight to seven. 16. (used for expressing agreement or accordance) according to; by: a position to one's liking; to the best of my knowledge. 17. (used for expressing reference, reaction, or relation): What will he say to this? 18. (used for expressing a relative position): parallel to the roof. 19. (used for expressing a proportion of number or quantity) in; making up: 12 to the dozen; 20 miles to the gallon. 20. (used for indicating the indirect object of a verb, for connecting a verb with its complement, or for indicating or limiting the application of an adjective, noun, or pronoun): Give it to me. I refer to your work. 21. (used as the ordinary sign or accompaniment of the infinitive, as in expressing motion, direction, or purpose, in ordinary uses with a substantive object.) 22. Math. raised to the power indicated: Three to the fourth is 81 (34 = 81). adv.23. toward a point, person, place, or thing, implied or understood. 24. toward a contact point or closed position: Pull the door to. 25. toward a matter, action, or work: We turned to with a will. 26. into a state of consciousness; out of unconsciousness: after he came to. 27. to and fro. See fro (def. 2).. 
121 There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love andd innocence. 
122 The object of educator is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. 
123 Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. 
124 Love as in time to come you should hate, and hate as you should in time to come, love. 
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125 The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long. 
126 I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. 
127 The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others. 
128 With close friends in their lives,people develop courage and positive attitudes.Teenagers have the moral support to assert their individuality;the elderly approach their advanced years with optimism and an interest in life. 
129 War is much too important to be left to the military. 
130 Do not to others what you do not wish them to do to you. 
131 Their is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize. 
132 The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. 
133 Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long. 
134 He that will have a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight. 
135 A lamb is as dear to a poor man as an ox to the rich. 
136 The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down. 
137 It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again. 
138 It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. 
139 True wisdom is know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing. 
140 The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the man who borrows, and the man who lends. 
141 I have nothing to offer but blood, toil tears and sweat. 
142 All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. 
143 We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible. 
144 What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave [tomb]. 
145 To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 
146 The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquirde it. 
147 Envy is blind and kows nothing except how to depreciate the excellence of others. 
148 Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. 
149 Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow. 
150 Those who complain most are most to be complained of. 
More similar words: bo, Co., do., do, go, no, so, toe, too, toy, two, ed., Et, etc., F., gob, Gt, pop., up to, VC, VS., a, ad, ago, ah, as, at, atop, auto, be. 
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