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-The preposition "to" may have, in English, several values, as follows:
+#REDIRECT [[English prepositions#To]]
-{|border=1 cellpadding=5
-!rowspan=2|Value
-!rowspan=2|UNL
-!colspan=2|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