| 1 | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" | en | |||
| 1 | used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish" | en | |||
| be 1 | be WEAK STRONG am WEAK STRONG are WEAK STRONG is being was WEAK STRONG were WEAK STRONG been WEAK STRONG AUXILIARY VERB USES ; In spoken English, forms of be are often shortened, for example `I am' is shortened to `I'm' and `was not' is shortened to `wasn't' | en | |||
| be 1 | You use be with a present participle to form the continuous tenses of verbs. This is happening in every school throughout the country She didn't always think carefully about what she was doing be going to: see going | en | |||
| be 1 | You use be with a past participle to form the passive voice. Forensic experts were called in Her husband was killed in a car crash The cost of electricity from coal-fired stations is expected to fall Similar action is being taken by the US government | en | |||
| be 1 | You use be with an infinitive to indicate that something is planned to happen, that it will definitely happen, or that it must happen. The talks are to begin tomorrow It was to be Johnson's first meeting with the board in nearly a month You are to answer to Brian, to take your orders from him. be about to: see about | en | |||
| be 1 | You use be with an infinitive to say or ask what should happen or be done in a particular situation, how it should happen, or who should do it. What am I to do without him? Who is to say which of them had more power? | en | |||
| be 1 | You use was and were with an infinitive to talk about something that happened later than the time you are discussing, and was not planned or certain at that time. Then he received a phone call that was to change his life A few hours later he was to prove it | en | |||
| be 1 | You can say that something is to be seen, heard, or found in a particular place to mean that people can see it, hear it, or find it in that place. Little traffic was to be seen on the streets They are to be found all over the world | en | |||
| to 1 | to PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ; In addition to the uses shown below, to is used in phrasal verbs such as `see to' and `come to'. It is also used with some verbs that have two objects in order to introduce the second object | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to when indicating the place that someone or something visits, moves towards, or points at. Two friends and I drove to Florida during college spring break a five-day road and rail journey to Peking She went to the window and looked out He pointed to a chair, signalling for her to sit | en | |||
| to 1 | If you go to an event, you go where it is taking place. We went to a party at the leisure centre He came to dinner | en | |||
| to 1 | If something is attached to something larger or fixed to it, the two things are joined together. There was a piece of cloth tied to the dog's collar Scrape off all the meat juices stuck to the bottom of the pan | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to when indicating the position of something. For example, if something is to your left, it is nearer your left side than your right side. Hemingway's studio is to the right Atlanta was only an hour's drive to the north | en | |||
| to 1 | When you give something to someone, they receive it. He picked up the knife and gave it to me Firms should be allowed to offer jobs to the long-term unemployed at a lower wage | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to to indicate who or what an action or a feeling is directed towards. Marcus has been most unkind to me today I have had to pay for repairs to the house | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to with certain nouns and adjectives to show that a following noun is related to them. He is a witty man, and an inspiration to all of us Marriage is not the answer to everything | en | |||
| to 1 | If you say something to someone, you want that person to listen and understand what you are saying. I'm going to have to explain to them that I can't pay them | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to when indicating someone's reaction to something or their feelings about a situation or event. For example, if you say that something happens to someone's surprise you mean that they are surprised when it happens. He survived, to the amazement of surgeons | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to when indicating the person whose opinion you are stating. It was clear to me that he respected his boss Everyone seemed to her to be amazingly kind | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to when indicating what something or someone is becoming, or the state or situation that they are progressing towards. The shouts changed to screams of terror. an old ranch house that has been converted to a nature centre | en | |||
| to 1 | To can be used as a way of introducing the person or organization you are employed by, when you perform some service for them. Rickman worked as a dresser to Nigel Hawthorne He was an official interpreter to the government of Nepal | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to to indicate that something happens until the time or amount mentioned is reached. From 1977 to 1985 the United States gross national product grew 21 percent The annual rate of inflation in Britain has risen to its highest level for eight years | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to when indicating the last thing in a range of things, usually when you are giving two extreme examples of something. I read everything from fiction to history | en | |||
| to 1 | If someone goes from place to place or from job to job, they go to several places, or work in several jobs, and spend only a short time in each one. Larry and Andy had drifted from place to place, worked at this and that | en | |||
| to 1 | If someone moves to and fro, they move repeatedly from one place to another and back again, or from side to side. She stood up and began to pace to and fro | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to when you are stating a time which is less than thirty minutes before an hour. For example, if it is `five to eight', it is five minutes before eight o'clock. At twenty to six I was waiting by the entrance to the station At exactly five minutes to nine, Ann left her car and entered the building | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to when giving ratios and rates. engines that can run at 60 miles to the gallon | en | |||
| to 1 | You use to when indicating that two things happen at the same time. For example, if something is done to music, it is done at the same time as music is being played. Romeo left the stage, to enthusiastic applause Amy woke up to the sound of her doorbell ringing | en | |||
| to 1 | emphasis If you say `There's nothing to it', `There's not much to it', or `That's all there is to it', you are emphasizing how simple you think something is. Once they have tried growing orchids, they will see there is really nothing to it | en | |||
| to 1 | If you push or shut a door to, you close it but may not shut it completely. He slipped out, pulling the door to. see also according to | en | |||
