What is the difference between to and booksy?
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In the direction of, and arriving at.
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(time) Preceding.
(Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) at
Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
* 1913 ,
(nautical) Into the wind.
(informal) Pertaining to books.
* 1948 , Dan Wickenden, Tobias Brandywine
* 1955 , John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, The guardians
(informal) Inclined to read books; literate.
* 1972 , John Braine, The queen of a distant country
In informal terms the difference between to and booksy
is that to is toronto, a Canadian city while booksy is inclined to read books; literate.As a particle to
is A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.As a preposition to
is Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.As an adverb to
is toward a closed, touching or engaging position.As an abbreviation TO
is toronto, a Canadian city.As an adjective booksy is
pertaining to books.to
English
Alternative forms
* (dialectal) ter * (contraction) t' * (abbreviation)Particle
(en-part)- I want to leave.
- He asked me what to do.
- I don’t know how to say it.
- I have places to''' go and people '''to see.
- To' err is human, ' to forgive divine.
- To be, or not to be: that is the question: /
- Odds are, BP to get new CEO this year
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- "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to , but it was closed."
- If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to .
Derived terms
* going to / gonna * got to / gotta * have to / hafta * ought to / oughta * supposed to / supposta * used to / usta * want to / wanna * fixing to / finnaPreposition
(English prepositions)- We are walking to the shop.
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- Driven by a perceived political need to adopt a hard-line stance, Mr. Cameron’s coalition government has imposed myriad new restrictions, the aim of which is to reduce net migration to Britain to below 100,000.
- He devoted himself to education.
- They drank to his health.
- That is something to do.
- His face was beaten to a pulp.
- similar to''' ...'', ''relevant '''to''' ...'', ''pertinent '''to''' ...'', ''I was nice '''to''' him'', ''he was cruel '''to''' her'', ''I am used '''to walking.
- one to one = 1:1
- ten to one = 10:1.
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- Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
- Three to the power of two is nine.
- Three to the second is nine.
- I gave the book to him.
- ten to''' ten'' = 9:50; ''We're going to leave at ten '''to (the hour).
- Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
See also
* atAdverb
(-)- Please push the door to .
- He went in his room, pushed the door to , without fastening the latch.
Synonyms
* closed, shutAntonyms
* open, ajarSee also
* come to * heave to * lean-to * set-to * to and fro * (English Citations of "to")References
* Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition , Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8Statistics
*booksy
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "I feel that a book shop should be more, well, booksy ."
- "Booksy talk?" Quail was amused by this not entirely felicitous apology. "But my dear young man, you were as booksy as any of us...
- And he wasn't booksy and didn't pretend to be: he cheerfully admitted to reading no books except the occasional thriller.