Verb + Preposition; TO and Examples

Verb + Preposition; TO and Examples. Verb + to list and example sentences;

• 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

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: crosscheck, check, match

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: conduce, lend, subscribe, subscribe 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:  marry, wed

Example Sentences:

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

 

Listen to

Meaning:  hear, obey, attend

Example Sentences:

• I like to listen to the music.

 

Object to

Meaning:  oppose, dispute, contest

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: answer, response, replication

Example Sentences:

• Should I reply to her letter?

 

Respond to

Meaning: answer, reply

Example Sentences:

• We can respond to her question.

 

See to

Meaning: view, observe, sight, consider

Example Sentences:

• I’ll see to them later.

 

Speak to

Meaning: talk

Example Sentences:

• Please speak to me.

 

Subscribe to

Meaning: join, participate, attend

Example Sentences:

• I subscribe to four newspapers.

 

Sentence to

Meaning: adjudge, adjudicate

Example Sentences:

• Her father was sentenced to death.

 

Talk to

Meaning: speech, conversation, speaking

Example Sentences:

• Please talk to me!

 

Turn to

Meaning: return, rotation

Example Sentences:

• Turn to the left.

 

Write to

Meaning:  record, compose

Example Sentences:

• I wrote to my mother.