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 | |
depict |
1. v. To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. | |
2. adj. (obsolete) Depicted. | |
represent |
1. v. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. | |
2. v. To portray visually; to delineate | |
a picture can be represented in a landscape. | |
The sculptor represented a horse in bronze. | |
3. v. To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of | |
It has always been his dream to represent Hamlet on Broadway. | |
4. v. To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of | |
He sent his agent to represent himself at the meeting. | |
As he was too ill to accept the award, his brother represented him at the ceremony. | |
An attorney's job is to represent his client in court | |
5. v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.) | |
They chose a member of Congress to represent their district. | |
6. v. To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of | |
He represented that he was investigating for the police department. | |
7. v. To give an account of; to describe. | |
8. v. To serve as a sign or symbol of | |
The @ symbol represents the online world. | |
A dove is often used to represent peace. | |
9. v. To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present. | |
10. v. To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). | |
11. v. To constitute, to make up, to be an example of. | |
12. v. (sports) To participate as a team member | |
with |
1. prep. Against. | |
He picked a fight with the class bully. | |
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | |
He went with his friends. | |
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to. | |
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar. | |
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. | |
5. prep. In support of. | |
We are with you all the way. | |
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by. | |
slain with robbers | |
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of. | |
cut with a knife | |
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on. | |
9. prep. Having, owning. | |
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | |
Do you want to come with? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
pictures |
1. n. plural of picture | |
2. n. (dated, British) The cinema | |
We go to the pictures every Saturday night. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of picture | |
picture |
1. n. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc. | |
2. n. An image; a representation as in the imagination. | |
3. n. A painting. | |
There was a picture hanging above the fireplace. | |
4. n. A photograph. | |
I took a picture of the church. | |
5. n. (informal) A motion picture. | |
Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture. | |
6. n. (in the informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment). | |
Let's go to the pictures. | |
7. n. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category). | |
She's the very picture of health. | |
8. n. An attractive sight. | |
The garden is a real picture at this time of year. | |
9. n. The art of painting; representation by painting. | |
10. n. A figure; a model. | |
11. n. Situation. | |
The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good. | |
You can't just look at the election, you've got to look at the big picture. | |
12. v. To represent in or with a picture. | |
13. v. To imagine or envision. | |
14. v. To depict or describe vividly. | |