| ability |
| 1. n. (obsolete) Suitableness. | |
| 2. n. The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. | |
| This phone has the ability to have its software upgraded wirelessly. | |
| This wood has the ability to fight off insects, fungus, and mold for a considerable time. | |
| 3. n. The legal wherewithal to act. | |
| 4. n. (now limited to Scottish dialects) Physical power. | |
| 5. n. (archaic) Financial ability. | |
| 6. n. A unique power of the mind; a faculty. | |
| 7. n. A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. | |
| They are persons of ability, who will go far in life. | |
| She has an uncanny ability to defuse conflict. | |
| to |
| 1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
| I want to leave. | |
| He asked me what to do. | |
| I don’t know how to say it. | |
| I have places to go and people to see. | |
| 2. part. 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. | |
| 3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
| I have to do laundry today. | |
| 4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
| We are walking to the shop. | |
| 5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
| He devoted himself to education. | |
| They drank to his health. | |
| 6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
| His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
| 7. prep. 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. | |
| 8. prep. (obsolete,) 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); t | |
| 9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
| one to one = 1:1 | |
| ten to one = 10:1. | |
| I have ten dollars to your four. | |
| 10. prep. (arithmetic) 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. | |
| 11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
| I gave the book to him. | |
| 12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
| ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
| 13. prep. 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. | |
| 14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
| Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
| 15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
| Please push the door to. | |
| 16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
| 17. adv. misspelling of too | |
| endure |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships. | |
| The singer's popularity endured for decades. | |
| 2. v. To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To last. | |
| Our love will endure forever. | |
| 4. v. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out. | |
| 5. v. To suffer patiently. | |
| He endured years of pain. | |
| 6. v. (obsolete) To indurate. | |
| hardship |
| 1. n. Difficulty or trouble; hard times. | |
| He has survived periods of financial hardship before. | |
| 2. v. To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships. | |
