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to (TOO, TUH [when unstressed]) (preposition)
1. A functional word used to indicate direction: "The children were running to and fro across the lawn."
3. Used to indicate that the following verb is in the infinitive form: "You asked why I like to swim. Well, that's a difficult question to answer."
"After work, we drove to the country for a picnic."
2. A word used to indicate the end of an activity: "We came to the end of the story and had to return the book to the library."3. Used to indicate that the following verb is in the infinitive form: "You asked why I like to swim. Well, that's a difficult question to answer."
to (TOO, TUH [when unstressed]) (verb form)
Used to indicate that the following verb is in the infinitive form: "You asked why I like to swim. Well, that's a difficult question to answer."
too (TOO) (adverb)
Excessively, besides; also, to a regrettable degree: "I was too tired to do anything except go to bed after I got home."
"I decided to sell the car and the trailer, too."
"His teasing had gone too far and my sister was upset and was crying."
two (TOO) (noun)
Being second; having more than one in number; an expression to suggest an approximate small amount: "She came in second, or as number two, in the cross country race."
two (TOO) (adjective)
An expression that indicates a quantity or an amount: "She said that she would like to have two chocolate desserts with her coffee."
"The boy found only one or two pink shells on the beach."
I was too excited to realize that there would be two extra guests for dinner this evening.
Her father told the clerk that he wanted a couple of the pens and that he would give two to his daughter, too.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“two”
(Latin: two, twice, double, twofold; a number; it normally functions as a prefix)
(Greek: two; second [in a series])
(Latin: two, double; a word element for the number "2")
(Greek: beginning; the first, the leader, the ruler; being first has two different, but often related, meanings: one meaning indicated first in time; another indicated first in importance)
(Jekyll-and-Hyde words; words that have two distinctly contrary or even opposite meanings)
(the study of the deep seas or oceans involves the abyss or the "deep seas" which cover almost two-thirds of the earth's surface; showing applicable scientific terminology in this unit)
(obscure verbal usages that challenge our comprehension as to what they mean)
(using definitions and a letter added to the beginning of the second word of two words with the same spellings will produce two completely different words)
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“two”
Dictionaries and Lexicons, Parts One and Two
Historical and modern dictionaries unit.
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Units of Special Compositions, Topics, or Subjects That Provide Special Information
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Two edged sword (Proverbs 5:4)
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Bible Quotations used in modern English
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two tired
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.
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Definitions in Deviant and Comical Format
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two-axis tracking
A photovoltaic array tracking system capable of rotating independently about two axes; for example, vertical and horizontal.
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Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms +
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