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TO THAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does to that mean? 

TO THAT (adverb)
  The adverb TO THAT has 1 sense:

1. to thatplay

  Familiarity information: TO THAT used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TO THAT (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

To that

Synonyms:

thereto; to it; to that

Context example:

with all the appurtenances fitting thereto


 Context examples 


“And now you are to choose, and you may lay to that,” said Silver.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

As she patted the dog's head, bending with native grace before his young and austere master, I saw a glow rise to that master's face.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

What do you say to that?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Testing aspects, like this one, will lead you to a stronger situation by asking you either to re-commit to that person, or leave.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

To that then I turned all my energies.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The prognosis is usually similar to that of conventional papillary carcinoma.

(Encapsulated Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

What do you say to that, Mr. Baynes?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Catherine explained: “Oh! As to that, Papa and Mamma were in no hurry at all. As long as she was happy, they would always be satisfied.”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

"Please answer," he said, "and in your answer you have to tell me but one thing. Do you love me? That is all—the answer to that one question."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Well, sir, it went so quick, and the creature was so doubled up, that I could hardly swear to that,” was the answer.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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