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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
amalgamate
1. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
to amalgamate two races
to amalgamate one race with another
2. v. To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
3. v. (transitive, mathematics) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
4. adj. coalesced; united; combined
two
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Ordinal: second.
2. num. Describing a set or group with two elements.
3. n. The digit/figure 2.
The number 2202 contains three twos.
4. n. (US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
5. n. A child aged two.
This toy is suitable for the twos and threes.
6. n. The playing cards featuring two pips.
races
1. n. plural of race
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of race
race
1. n. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post
The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.
We had a race to see who could finish the book the quickest.
2. n. Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
3. n. (computing) A race condition.
4. n. A progressive movement toward a goal.
the race to cure cancer-->
5. n. A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
6. n. A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
7. n. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
8. n. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
9. v. (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
The drivers were racing around the track.
10. v. To compete against in such a race.
I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun.
11. v. (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed.
As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.
Her heart was racing as she peered into the dimly lit room.
12. v. (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
13. n. A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
14. n. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare ethnic group). See Wikipedia's article on historical defin
15. n. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa.
The Native Americans colonized the New World in several waves from Asia, and thus they are considered part of the same Mongoloid race.
16. n. A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare species, subspecies).
A treaty was concluded between the race of elves and the race of men.
17. n. A group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared social characteristics.
18. n. (taxonomy) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
19. n. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
20. n. (figuratively) A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).
The advent of the Internet has brought about a new race of entrepreneur.
Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.
21. n. (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
22. n. (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
23. n. A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
24. v. obsolete form of raze

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