To
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The preposition "to" may have, in English, several values, as follows:
| Value | UNL | Examples | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | UNL | ||
| complement (necessary argument) | obj | refer to a dictionary | obj(refer, dictionary) |
| direction (towards) | to | go to the city | to(go, city) |
| final place | plt | go to the bottom | plt(go, bottom) |
| purpose | pur | go to discuss | pur(go, discuss) |
| addressee | gol | answer to John | gol(answer, John) |
| final state | gol | nursed her back to health | gol(nurse, health) |
| final time | tmt | worked from nine to five | tmt(work, 5) |
| comparison | bas | superior to the others | bas(superior, others) |
| degree or extent | man | smooth to the touch | man(smooth, touch) |
| manner | man | parallel to the road | man(parallel, road) |
Observations
The preposition "to" must be replaced by its equivalents in the following situations:
- to = against
- Their faces pressed to the windows = Their faces pressed against the windows
- to = of
- looked for the top to the jar = looked for the top of the jar
- to = before
- ten to five = ten before five
