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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
perform
1. v. To do something; to execute.
The scientists performed several experiments.
It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
2. v. To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
She will perform in the play.
The magician performed badly – none of his tricks worked.
The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
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.
task
1. n. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
2. n. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
3. n. An objective.
4. n. (computing) A process or execution of a program.
5. v. To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
6. v. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
7. v. To charge, as with a fault.
fast
1. adj. (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!
2. adj. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
3. adj. (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend.)
4. adj. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
I am going to buy a fast car.
5. adj. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table; a fast dance floor
6. adj. (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
7. adj. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
8. adj. (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast.
9. adj. (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
10. adj. (dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
a fast woman
11. adj. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast.
12. adj. (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
13. adv. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound.
Hold this rope as fast as you can.
14. adv. (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly.
He is fast asleep.
15. adv. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near.
The horsemen came fast on our heels.
16. adv. Quickly, with great speed; within a short time.
Do it as fast as you can.
17. adv. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
I think my watch is running fast.
18. n. (UK, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
19. interj. (archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
20. v. (intransitive) To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or med
Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent.
21. n. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
22. n. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
efficiently
1. adv. In an efficient manner.

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