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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
bring
     1. v. To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
           Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
     2. v. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
           The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
     3. v. To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
     4. v. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
     5. v. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
           What does coal bring per ton?
     6. v. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
           The closer Jones can really bring it.
     7. interj. The sound of a telephone ringing.
     8. interj. cln, en, basic words, irregular verbs, onomatopoeias
into
     1. prep. Going inside (of).
           Mary danced into the house.
     2. prep. Going to a geographic region.
           We left the house and walked into the street.
           The plane flew into the open air.
     3. prep. Against, especially with force or violence.
           The car crashed into the tree;  I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall
     4. prep. Producing, becoming; (indicates transition into another form or substance).
           I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.   Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!
     5. prep. After the start of.
           About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.
     6. prep. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
           She's really into Shakespeare right now;  I'm so into you!
     7. prep. (mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.
           The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself.
     8. prep. (UK, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.(R:OED Online)
           Five into three is fifteen.
     9. prep. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
           Three into two won't go.
           24 goes into 48 how many times?
     10. prep. Investigating the subject (of).
           Call for research into pesticides blamed for vanishing bees.
existence
     1. n. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
           In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence.
     2. n. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
situation
     1. n. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
           The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank.
     2. n. The place in which something is situated; a location.
     3. n. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
     4. n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
           The United States is in an awkward situation with debt default looming.
     5. n. (dated) A position of employment; a post.
     6. n. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
           Boss, we've got a situation here...
quality
     1. n. Level of excellence.
           This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.
           Quality of life is usually determined by health, education, and income.
     2. n. A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person.
           One of the qualities of pure iron is that it does not rust easily.
           While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.
           Security, stability, and efficiency are good qualities of an operating system.
     3. n. (archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)
           A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.
           Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth.
     4. n. The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
     5. n. (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
     6. n. (emergency medicine) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
           To identify quality try asking, "what does it feel like?".
     7. adj. Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose.
           We only sell quality products.
           That was a quality game by Jim Smith.
           A quality system ensures products meet customer requirements.
result
     1. v. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
     2. v. (intransitive, follwed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
           This measure will result in good or in evil.
     3. v. (legal) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
     4. v. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
     5. n. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.
           the result of a course of action;  the result of a mathematical operation
     6. n. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
     7. n. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
     8. n. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
     9. n. (sports) The final score in a game.
     10. n. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
     11. interj. (UK) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
etc
     1. adv. alternative form of etc.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary