Meaning of to- | Babel Free
Definitions
- apart, away, asunder, in pieces; expressing separation, negation, or intensity.
- Parting: forming verbs that involve cleaving, breaking, or sundering.
- Used in various ways to indicate temporality:
- Current, the current form of the suffixed time. Forming nouns.
- To do excessively.
- On (this) time, which is a fixed point in time. Forming adverbs.
- Completely.
- During the suffixed time. Forming adverbs.
- Moving.
- Of, as characteristic of the suffixed time period. Forming adverbs and adjectives.
- At, at the suffixed time. Forming an unfixed point in time, rather than a duration.
- Adding, additional in quantity.
- Toward in direction or location.
Examples
“tocrack”
“togrind”
“torend”
“tobeat”
“topinch”
“toquake”
“toruffle”
“tobruise”
“toreave”
“torob”
“toshend”
“tolug”
“towind”
“today”
“tonight”
“tosol”
“tomorrow”
“tomorn”
“toyear”
“together”
“tofall”
“to-bread”
“to-name”
“to-draw”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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