to
preposition (COMPARED WITH) strong /tuː/ weak /tʊ/ /tu/ /tə/
/tə/ Definition
B1 compared with: She's earning a reasonable wage, but nothing to what she could if she was in the private sector. Paul beat me by three games to two (= he won three and I won two). He was old enough to be her father - she looked about 30 to his 60.Comparing and contrasting B1 used to show the position of something or someone in comparison with something or someone else: John's standing to the left of Adrian in the photo. The Yorkshire Dales are twenty miles to the north of the city.Next to and beside
(Definition of to preposition (COMPARED WITH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abreast adverb
- adjacent adjective
- adjoining adjective
- against preposition (TOUCHING)
- along preposition (NEXT TO)
- alongside preposition, adverb
- at sb's elbow idiom
- beside preposition
- contiguous adjective
- coterminous adjective
- neighbouring adjective
- next adverb
- next door adverb, adjective
- next door noun
- on preposition (NEXT TO)
- shoulder to shoulder idiom
- side noun (NEXT TO)
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