Verb + Preposition; TO and Examples

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Verb + Preposition; TO and Examples


  • Add to
  • Adjust to
  • Admit to
  • Appeal to
  • Belong to
  • Compare to
  • Confess to
  • Contribute to
  • Explain to
  • Get married to
  • Listen to
  • Object to
  • React to
  • Refer to
  • Reply to
  • Respond to
  • See to
  • Speak to
  • Subscribe to
  • Sentence to
  • Talk to
  • Turn to
  • Write to

 

Add to

Meaning: join (something) to something else for increase the amount, size etc…

Example Sentences:

  • It is easy to add 10 to 100.
  • Ok, I added her name to the list.

 

Adjust to

Meaning: set, regulate

Example Sentences:

  • Our eyes haven’t yet adjusted to the darkness.
  • It took me a while to adjust to it, too.

 


Admit to

Meaning: confess / accept, approve

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Example Sentences:

  • The thief admitted to his guilt.
  • She reluctantly admitted to breaking the glass.

 

Appeal to

Meaning: make a serious request.

Example Sentences:

  • My father appeals to me.
  • Immigrants appealed to us for help.

 

Belong to

Meaning: be interest in / be rightly placed in a position.

Example Sentences:

  • They don’t belong to this cabinet.

 

Compare to

Meaning: crosscheckcheck, match

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Example Sentences:

  • George’s problems are nothing compared to My father’s.

 

Confess to

Meaning: admit, allow

Example Sentences:

  • George confessed to stealing the food in supermarket.

 

Contribute to

Meaning: conducelendsubscribesubscribe to

Example Sentences:

  • He contributed several articles to the review.

 

Explain to

Meaning: make something clear

Example Sentences:

  • I explained it to my teacher.

 

Get married to

Meaning:  marrywed

Example Sentences:

  • My sister don’t want to get married before she is 25.

 

Listen to

Meaning:  hearobeyattend

Example Sentences:

  • I like to listen to the music.

 

Object to

Meaning:  opposedisputecontest

Example Sentences:

  • I object to have you treat this child like this.

 

React to

Meaning: act in response to something

Example Sentences:

  • How did your family react to the bad news?

 


Refer to

Meaning: mention to, allude to.

Example Sentences:

  • I often hear my grandfather refer to his childhood.

 

Reply to

Meaning: answerresponsereplication

Example Sentences:

  • Should I reply to her letter?

 

Respond to

Meaning: answerreply

Example Sentences:

  • We can respond to her question.

 

See to

Meaning: viewobservesightconsider

Example Sentences:

  • I’ll see to them later.

 

Speak to

Meaning: talk

Example Sentences:

  • Please speak to me.

 

Subscribe to

Meaning: joinparticipateattend

Example Sentences:

  • I subscribe to four newspapers.

 

Sentence to

Meaning: adjudgeadjudicate

Example Sentences:

  • Her father was sentenced to death.

 

Talk to

Meaning: speechconversationspeaking

Example Sentences:

  • Please talk to me!

 

Turn to

Meaning: returnrotation

Example Sentences:

  • Turn to the left.

 

Write to

Meaning:  recordcompose

Example Sentences:

  • I wrote to my mother.
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