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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
push
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.
You need to push quite hard to get this door open.
2. v. To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
3. v. To press or urge forward; to drive.
to push an objection too far; to push one's luck
4. v. To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.
They're pushing that perfume again.
There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.
5. v. (informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to.
My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
He's pushing sixty. (= he's nearly sixty years old)
6. v. (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.
7. v. (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
8. v. To make a higher bid at an auction.
9. v. (poker) To make an all-in bet.
10. v. (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
11. v. (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
12. v. (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
13. v. (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
14. v. To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
15. v. (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot)
16. n. A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
Give the door a hard push if it sticks.
17. n. An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
One more push and the baby will be out.
18. n. A great effort (to do something).
Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.
Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.
19. n. An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
20. n. (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in th
21. n. A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
22. n. (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
23. n. (Internet) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request, as in server push, push technology.
24. n. (dated) A crowd or throng or people
25. n. (snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
26. n. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
someone
1. pron. Some person.
Can someone help me, please?
2. n. A partially specified but unnamed person.
Do you need a gift for that special someone?
3. n. an important person
He thinks he has become someone.

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