[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/to.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / to [← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/T/) # to «to» in Mova's school dictionary: **To shows where something goes or who gets it: «go to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech preposition; part of a verb («to run») ### meaning for a pupil 1) To shows where something goes or who gets it: «go to school», «give it to Sam». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#m1) 2) To shows the end of a range: «from 5 to 9», «from Monday to Friday». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#m2) 3) To comes before a verb: «I want to play». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#m3) 4) To is used in telling the time: «ten to six» means 10 minutes before six. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#m4) 5) To compares numbers in a ratio or a score: «3 to 2». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#m5) 6) (casual) «to» joins with verbs in quick speech: «gonna» (going to), «wanna» (want to), «hafta» (have to), «gotta» (got to); texts write «2» for «to». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#m6) 7) (formal) Exams say «in order to», «with a view to», «pursuant to», «in respect of» and «transfer to». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#m7) 8) To can show what something results in: «the storm led to flooding». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#m8) ### sense in the lessons who receives in giving; the end of a count or a time; «ten to six» is a time; phrases: «give to», «from … to …», «next to», «up to», «add to», «to and fro»; in casual talk «gonna», «wanna», «gotta», «c u 2nite»; in rough talk «go to your room», «talk to the hand»; in the exam voice «in order to», «transferred to», «up to and including», «in the ratio 3 to 2» ### examples - Anna gives 7 shells to a friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x1) - Count from 5 to 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x2) - We walk to school every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x3) - I want to learn to swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x4) - It is ten to six, so dinner is soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x5) - Add 4 to 6 to get 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x6) - The shop is open from 9 to 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x7) - We won 3 to 2! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x8) - I'm gonna give 3 to my brother, wanna come? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x9) - Go to your room and don't come out till you've done the 10 sums. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x10) - Seven shells are transferred to a second party. Ascertain the quantity retained, given an initial holding of 15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x11) - Count up to and including 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x12) - False confidence often leads to disaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/#x13) ### note «A gives N to B»: A has N fewer, B has N more. Trap: «from 5 to 9» counts 5 numbers, not 4. Trap: «to», «too» (also, very) and «two» (2) sound the same; in texts «2» may mean «to» or «too», not the number. «up to and including 20» counts 20 too. «in order to» means just «to». ### In the corpora - [Some people go to work ill because they can't afford to lose the pay, which spreads germs to everyone else.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/12/) - [A job interview is a meeting where an employer asks questions to decide whom to hire; several people usually compete for one job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/8/) - [A promotion is a move up to a more senior job in the same organisation, usually with more responsibility and more pay.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/10/) - [A pay rise is an increase in pay; some come each year, others have to be asked for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/12/) - [One worker alone has little power, but many together are much harder to ignore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/11/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «to» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/to/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.