[tə], (Adposition)

Definitions:
- expressing motion in the direction of (a particular location)
(e.g: walking down to the shops)

- approaching or reaching (a particular condition)
(e.g: Christopher's expression changed from amazement to joy)

- identifying the person or thing affected by or receiving something
(e.g: you were terribly unkind to her)

- identifying a particular relationship between one person and another
(e.g: he is married to his cousin Emma)

- indicating that two things are attached or linked
(e.g: he had left his dog tied to a drainpipe)

- concerning or likely to concern (something)
(e.g: a threat to world peace)

- used to introduce the second element in a comparison
(e.g: the club's nothing to what it once was)

- placed before a debit entry in accounting


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English tō (adverb and preposition), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch toe and German zu

[tə], (Particle)

Definitions:
- used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive

- used without a verb following when the missing verb is clearly understood
(e.g: he asked her to come but she said she didn't want to)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English tō (adverb and preposition), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch toe and German zu

[tə], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- so as to be closed or nearly closed
(e.g: he pulled the door to behind him)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English tō (adverb and preposition), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch toe and German zu