To It

Definition: To It

To It

Adverb

1. To that; "with all the appurtenances fitting thereto".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: To It

Attention

Interjection: see! look, look here, look you, look to it! mark! lo! behold! soho! hark, hark ye! mind! halloo! observe! lo and behold! attention! nota bene, "N.B.", note well; I'd have you to know; notice! O yes! Oyez! dekko! ecco! yoho!

Conditions

Adverb: conditionally; (with qualification); provisionally, pro re nata; on condition; with a string to it.

Continuance in action

Interjection: keep it up! go to it! right away! right on! attaboy!

Difficulty

Reduced to straits; hard pressed, sorely pressed; run hard; pinched, put to it, straitened; hard up, hard put to it, hard set; put to one's shifts; puzzled, at a loss; (uncertain); at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill; graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground; stuck fast, set fast; up a tree, at bay, aux abois, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall; au bout de son Latin; out of one's depth; thrown out.

Duty

Verb: be the duty of; be incumbent; Adjective: on, be responsible; Adjective: behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of. take upon oneself; (promise); be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility; Noun: be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself.

Killing

Die a violent death, welter in one's blood; dash out one's brains, blow out one's brains; commit suicide; kill oneself, make away with oneself, put an end to oneself, put an end to it all.

Crosswords: To It

Looking forward to it. (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

But when it comes down to it, who is holding the umbrella? (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

About seeing clearly the way life is and accepting it and being true to it, whatever the pain, because the pain of not being true to it is far, far greater. (The Horse Whisperer; writing credit: Eric Roth)

Don't talk to it, Merry! (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Come back to it. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

This thing called love I must get round to it (Crazy Little Thing Called Love; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: Freddie Mercury)

And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it (Like a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

Gonna get down to it soldiers are cutting us down ("Ohio"; performing artist: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

What has happened to it all? (Ordinary World; performing artist: Duran Duran)

I would listen to it all night long (AM Radio; performing artist: Everclear)

Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of how you respond to it. (references; author: unknown)

I got a job at a zoo feeding giraffes, but I was fired because I wasn't up to it. (references; author: unknown)

My World and Welcome to It (1969)

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)

There's Nothing to It (1941)

Hop to It! (1925)

Married to It (1991)

Get Used to It (performing artist: Roger Voudouris)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• History of American Bandstand: It's Got a Great Beat and You Can Dance to It (reference)

• The Monster Den: Or Look What Happened at My House -- And to It (reference)

• The hellfire cookbook : recipes for fiery food for those who like it, and for those others who, because of the sin of gluttony, should become used to it here and now ere they perforce eat it hereafter when they will need a long spoon (reference)

• Reflections on the menaced invasion, and the means of protecting the capital, by preventing the enemy from landing in any part contiguous to it (reference)

• 'The Answer Is No': Saying It and Sticking to It (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Clap To It! (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. An oystertoad fish with a baby next to it in an aquarium. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

A old fence with cacti and Palo Verde trees growing next to it. Credit: Lynn Chamberlain.

Honest, a tenspot looks to me like it had seven ciphers to it. Credit: Library of Congress.

Go to it, Kaiser! Go, to it, Boleshevik! [i.e. Bolshevik]. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lady, making up: You'll excuse me won't you? : Go to it, lady, go to it! : I'm a black-face comedian, meself. Credit: Library of Congress.

Cheer up -- you'll get use to it!. Credit: Library of Congress.

It's delicious, once you get use to it. Credit: Library of Congress.

Quaker State Refining Company, Oil City, Pennsylvania. It's highly skilled work, seeing to it that the oil refined for our military machines is of the highest quality. This worker is inspecting the solution tower for denaphthizing bright stock. Credit: Library of Congress.

Privy near Capitol, Washington, D.C. This outbuilding leaks and drains on land about it. Negro inhabitants appear oblivious to it all. No door to this privy, but a sheet of canvas which is seldom used. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Children, I confess, are not born in this full state of equality, though they are born to it. (Second Treatise of Government)

It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or, that the legislature may alter the constitution by an ordinary act. (reference)

But in order to oppress a class, certain conditions must be assured to it under which it can, at least, continue its slavish existence. (reference)

The Creditor Clearing Office will notify the Debtor Office of all debts declared to it. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I do not pretend to it.

He was obliged to sit close to it, and brood over it, before he could extract the least sensation of warmth from such a handful of fuel.

In all her intercourse with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it.

He had never seen anything comparable to it.

The clear certitude of his own immunity grew dim and to it succeeded a vague fear that his soul had really fallen unawares.

The men watched the water slowly climb to it, lift it gently and float it away.

I was very desirous to see the chief temple, and particularly the tower belonging to it, which is reckoned the highest in the kingdom.

Many men have been likened to it, but few deserve that honor.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

People sometimes refer to it as spinal meningitis. (references)

The laser system includes a large machine with a microscope attached to it and a computer screen. (references)

However, some children on chemotherapy who have already had chickenpox may, when exposed to it again, develop shingles. (references)

Business

Products for sale in Sweden should be adapted to it whenever possible. (references)

The banking and financial services sector is the biggest contributors to IT spending. (references)

A good agent is typically very well acquainted with local business practices and customs and has excellent contacts to IT decision makers. (references)

Children

Costa Rica

On January 25, four deputies in the Legislative Assembly filed an injunction against the Minister of Finance and the National Treasurer alleging that they had not paid the PANI funds allocated to it under the law on Alcohol and Cigarette Taxes. (references)

Civil Liberties

Seychelles

The Internet was available in the country, and the Government permitted access to it without restriction. (references)

Peru

The local civic association Transparencia considered that campaign press coverage was balanced and that access to it was generally open. (references)

Economic History

New Zealand

All cabinet ministers must be members of parliament and are collectively responsible to it. (references)

Nigeria

Health care in Nigeria has been denied the critical attention due to it for several decades. (references)

Egypt

A corollary is that only a fool would offer one's best price, or anything close to it, early in negotiations. (references)

Human Rights

Sri Lanka

The HRC investigated the legality of detention in cases referred to it by the Supreme Court and private citizens. (references)

Ghana

It mediates and settles cases brought to it by individuals with grievances against government agencies or private companies. (references)

Bulgaria

Changes to the Criminal Procedure Code reduced the size of the SIS while reserving to it the responsibility for handling the most serious crimes. (references)

Political Economy

Mauritania

Security forces are under the full control of the Government and are responsible to it. Some members of the security forces committed human rights abuses. (references)

Sudan

Women displaced from the south to the north reportedly are imposing FGM increasingly on their daughters, even if they themselves have not been subjected to it. A small but growing number of urban, educated families are abandoning the practice completely. (references)

BOLIVIA

Its economic importance resides in the fact that certain benefit calculations are pegged to it. The minimum wage does not cover members of the informal sector who constitute the majority of the urban workforce, nor does it cover farmers, some 30 percent of the working population. (references)

Political Rights

Iraq

The RCC dominates the National Assembly, which is completely subordinate to it and the executive branch. (references)

Zimbabwe

Although the election days generally were peaceful, the process leading up to it was neither free nor fair. (references)

Gabon

The legislature generally has approved legislation presented to it by the President but on occasion has not done so. The President appoints and can dismiss judges through the Ministry of Justice, to which the judiciary is responsible. (references)

Trade

Denmark

However, venture capital funding applies primarily to IT and bio-technology companies. (references)

Slovak Rep

Conformity to Slovak technical standards is only mandatory if there is direct reference to it in technical regulation. (references)

South Africa

If the exporter's bank is unknown the South African bank will advise the credit through a correspondent bank known to it in the US and, if possible, in the exporter's city. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Avoid excessive exposure to the sun unless you are accustomed to it. Use of sunscreen is highly recommended. (references)

Women

Zambia

Polygyny is permitted if the wife first agrees to it at the time of her wedding. (references)

Zambia

The Government and NGO's expressed continued concern about violence against women, and the media continued to devote considerable publicity to it during the year. (references)

Worker Rights

South Africa

The CCMA has resolved successfully many disputes referred to it and remains critical to the emergence of a less confrontational business climate. (references)

Jordan

Although union membership in the General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU), the sole trade federation, is not mandatory, all unions belong to it. The Government subsidizes and audits the GFJTU's salaries and activities. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The Federation of Trade Unions of Kyrgyzstan, the successor to the former official union, remained the only trade union umbrella organization in the country, although unions were not required to belong to it. The Federation forms one part of a bilateral commission, along with the Cabinet; each year the two parties sign an agreement on "cooperation." Precise numbers for the Federation's membership were not available, but it remained significantly larger than other unions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "to it": beat smb. to it ♦ belonging to it ♦ close to it ♦ feel up to it ♦ get used to it ♦ go to it ♦ go to it hammer and tongue ♦ hop to it ♦ owe to it oneself ♦ put an end to it all ♦ see to it ♦ see to it that ♦ she takes to it like a duck to water ♦ stand to it ♦ stick to it ♦ there's more to it ♦ there's more to it than meets the eye ♦ To put to it ♦ with a string to it. Additional references.

Albanian

ta (to, will it). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تعود (be accustomed to, familiarization, fixation, get into a rut, get used to it, habituation, settle, take, take on, wont), ‏تعايش معها (get used to it). (various references)

Bulgarian 

погрижвам се да (see to it that). (various references)

Czech

zvyknout si na to (get used to it), za tím leštì vìzí (there's more to it), za tím ještì nìco vìzí (there's more to it than meets the eye), postarat se, aby (see to it that). (various references)

Danish

liquidustemperaturen for denne smelte er saenket,og soejlekrystallernes vaekst vanskeliggjort saa meget,at der er tid for de ligeaksede korn foran stoerkningsfronten til at vokse og til at saette sig fast paa denne (the liquidus temperature of this liquid is consequently lowered and the growth of the columnar crystals retarded, thus giving time for the equiaxed crystals near the solidification front to grow and to become attached to it), Kommissionen kan,med ansoegerens samtykke,udnytte de meddelte opfindelser (the Commission may make use of the inventions communicated to it with the consent of the applicant), Faellesskabet har til opgave at fremme snaevrere forbindelser mellem de Stater,som det forener (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), Domstolen afgoer praejudicielle spoergsmaal,der forelaegges den (the Court of Justice has to give preliminary rulings on questions submitted to it), det ekstra koerebaneareal,som opstaar ved udvidelsen for anlaeg af et venstresvingsspor,skal fra udvidelsens start markeres i vejmidten som spaerreflade med en foranliggende,ensidig spaerrelinie (where the carriageway is widened to provide a left-turn lane(U.K.:right-turn lane)the extra road surface thus resulting should be marked from the beginning of the flare as a hatched area/ghost island/ with a continuous line at the approach to it), den faste wire bliver ofte udsat for kraftige ryk,hvilket er skadeligt for en belastningsmaalers fortsatte noejagtighed,hvis en sadaan er forbundet med wiren (the dead line is often subjected to severe whipping, which is detrimental to the continued accuracy of any weight indicator attached to it). (various references)

Dutch

eraan. (various references)

Finnish

vannoa (swear, swear to it, take an oath), valvoa (be awake, be wakeful, have charge of, invigilate, look after, see to it, superintend, supervise, take care of, watch), siinä koko juttu (that's all there is to it), siihen ei tullut mitään vikaa (no harm was done to it), pitää vaari jostakin (look after, mind, see to it), katsoa (consider, look gaze, look upon as, regard as, see to it that ., watch), huolehtia että (see to it that), enpä mene vannomaan (I can't swear to it). (various references)

French

y aller � bras raccourcis (go to it hammer and tongue), s'habituer � qch (get used to it), s'habituer � (get used to it), se sentir capable de le faire (feel up to it), se disputer avec violence (go to it hammer and tongue), le brin mort est souvent soumis � un fort "fouettement" qui affecte la précision de tout indicateur de poids auquel il est relié, la température du liquidus de ce liquide est ainsi abaissée et la croissance des cristaux basaltiques retardée, donnant ainsi aux cristaux équiaxes proches du front de solidification le temps de grossir et de s'y accrocher (thus giving time for the equiaxed crystals near the solidification front to grow and to become attached to it), la surface de chaussée supplémentaire résultant de la surface nécessaire � l'aménagement d'une voie spéciale de tourne-� -gauche doit,dès l'origine de l'élargissement,au milieu de la chaussée,être marquée comme espace interdit � la circulatio (where the carriageway is widened to provide a left-turn lane(U.K.:right-turn lane)the extra road surface thus resulting should be marked from the beginning of the flare as a hatched area/ghost island/ with a continuous line at the approach to it), la Cour de justice statue sur les questions préjudicielles qui lui sont soumises (the Court of Justice has to give preliminary rulings on questions submitted to it), la Communauté a pour mission de promouvoir des relations plus étroites entre les Etats qu'elle réunit (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), la Commission peut utiliser les inventions communiquées avec l'accord du déposant (the Commission may make use of the inventions communicated to it with the consent of the applicant). (various references)

German

dazu (about that, at the same time, for that, in its place, into the bargain, there, thereto, to that, with it). (various references)

Greek 

κουράγιο (cheer up, comfort, guts, mettle, mettled, nerve, stick to it), συνιθήζομαι (get used to it), η Kοινότης έχει ως αποστολή να προάγει σχέσεις περισσότερο στενές μεταξύ των Kρατών που συνενώνει (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), η θερμοκρασία Liquidus της υγρής αυτής φάσης υποβιβάζεται κατ'αυτόν τον τρόπο και η ανάπτυξη των βασαλτικών κρυσταλλιτών επιβραδύνεται δίνοντ (thus giving time for the equiaxed crystals near the solidification front to grow and to become attached to it), η Eπιτροπή δύναται να χρησιμοποιεί τις ανακοινωθείσες εφευρέσεις με τη συναίνεση του καταθέτου (the Commission may make use of the inventions communicated to it with the consent of the applicant), το �"ικαστήριο αποφασίζει επί προδικαστικών ζητημάτων που του παραπέμπονται (the Court of Justice has to give preliminary rulings on questions submitted to it), Η συμπληρωματική επιφάνεια του οδοστρώματος,η προκύπτουσα από την αναγκαία επιφάνεια για την πρόβλεψη μιας ειδικής λωρίδας αριστερής στρ� (where the carriageway is widened to provide a left-turn lane(U.K.:right-turn lane)the extra road surface thus resulting should be marked from the beginning of the flare as a hatched area/ghost island/ with a continuous line at the approach to it). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"ר�'יש ש�"וא מסו�'ל לעשות זאת (feel up to it). (various references)

Hungarian

ahhoz (thereto, thereunto). (various references)

Italian

La temperatura del liquidus di questo bagno fuso è tanto abbassata e la crescita dei cristalli colonnari tanto rallentata, che i grani equiassiali nella vicinanza del fronte di solidificazione hanno tempo per crescere e fissarsi in quel punto (the liquidus temperature of this liquid is consequently lowered and the growth of the columnar crystals retarded, thus giving time for the equiaxed crystals near the solidification front to grow and to become attached to it), la parte di carreggiata supplementare risultante dall'ampliamento necessario alla creazione di una corsia di svolta a sinistra deve essere segnalata come intransitabile dal suo inizio,nella parte centrale della strada,segnando una linea continua laterale (where the carriageway is widened to provide a left-turn lane(U.K.:right-turn lane)the extra road surface thus resulting should be marked from the beginning of the flare as a hatched area/ghost island/ with a continuous line at the approach to it), la Corte di giustizia si pronuncia sulle questioni pregiudiziali che le sono sottoposte (the Court of Justice has to give preliminary rulings on questions submitted to it), la Comunit� ha il compito di promuovere più strette relazioni fra gli Stati che ad essa partecipano (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), la Commissione puo'utilizzare le invenzioni comunicate con il consenso del richiedente (the Commission may make use of the inventions communicated to it with the consent of the applicant), il capo morto del cavo è spesso soggetto a pesanti vibrazioni,che vanno a detrimento della precisione di qualsiasi indicatore di peso ad esso collegato (the dead line is often subjected to severe "whipping", which is detrimental to the continued accuracy of any weight indicator attached to it). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

見切り発車 (making a snap decision, starting a train before all the passengers are on board, starting an action without considering objections to it any longer), 四苦八苦 (be in dire distress, hard put to it). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しくはっく (be in dire distress, hard put to it), みきりはっしゃ (making a snap decision, starting a train before all the passengers are on board, starting an action without considering objections to it any longer). (various references)

Manx

croymmey huggey (prone to it). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay itay

Portuguese

via de mudança � esquerda:alargamento:espaço proibido � circulação:linha intransponível.A superfície do pavimento suplementar resultante da superfície necessária ao arranjo de uma via especial de ace (where the carriageway is widened to provide a left-turn lane(U.K.:right-turn lane)the extra road surface thus resulting should be marked from the beginning of the flare as a hatched area/ghost island/ with a continuous line at the approach to it), o Tribunal de Justiça decide sobre questões prejudiciais que lhe sejam submetidas (the Court of Justice has to give preliminary rulings on questions submitted to it), a temperatura do liquidus deste líquido é assim diminuída e o crescimento dos cristais colunares retardado dando assim aos cristais equiaxiais próximos da frente de solidificação tempo para crescerem e se ligarem a ela (the liquidus temperature of this liquid is consequently lowered and the growth of the columnar crystals retarded, thus giving time for the equiaxed crystals near the solidification front to grow and to become attached to it), a Comunidade tem como missão promover relações mais estreitas entre os Estados-membros (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), a Comissão pode,com o consentimento do depositante,fazer uso das invenções que lhe tenham sido comunicadas (the Commission may make use of the inventions communicated to it with the consent of the applicant). (various references)

Romanian

susţine cã (stand to it), ai grijã cã (see to it that). (various references)

Russian 

ответить на вызывающее замечание (rise to it), заботиться (attend, care, care about, do a thing, exercise care, look after, mind, reck, see to, see to it, study, take care of). (various references)

Scottish

faisg (at, beside, by, near, near to, near to it, near: See fagus, nearby, next to, pick off vermin: for root See caisg). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

naviknuti se na nešto (used: get used to it). (various references)

Spanish

lo (him, it, that, the, ye, you). (various references)

Swedish

därtill (besides, in addition, thereto, therewith, withal). (various references)

Thai

รีบทำ (hop to it, rush for). (various references)

Turkish

yapmak istemek (feel up to it), yapacak gücü olmak (feel up to it), vazgeçmemek (keep at smb., see out, sit tight, stand out for, stand pat, stick to, stick to it), koyulmak (address oneself to, approach, attack, begin, go, hop to it, launch out, set about, set oneself to do smth., set out, set to, settle down to, sit down, start, start in, start off, start out, tackle, turn to), kımılda (snap to it), işe sarılmak (hop to it), diretmek (insist, stand on, stand upon, stick out, stick to it), atlatmak (beat smb. to it, bypass, circumvent, come through, dish, dodge, escape, get over, give smb. the slip, jump, let down, outride, outwit, overcome, Parry, pull through, put off, shake, skip, slip, stall off, take, throw off, tide over, turn, ward off), acele et (come along, hurry up, look sharp, look slippy, snap it up, snap to it, step on it), önce yapmak (beat smb. to it), önce kapmak (beat smb. to it, preoccupy), çabuk ol (be quick, come along, come on, hurry up, look alive, look sharp, look slippy, look snappy, make it snappy, snap it up, snap to it, step on it, swing, swing it), ısrar etmek (be urgent about smth., claim, crowd, hang on, hold out, insist, persist, stand on, stand out for, stand upon, stick to it, support, urge). (various references)

Welsh

ymorol (attend to, see to it, seek, take care). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: toit.

-1 letter: tit, tot.

-2 letters: it, ti, to.

+1 letter: ditto, toits.

+2 letters: dittos, intort, otitic, otitis, outfit, outhit, outsit, outwit, ptotic, stotin, tictoc, tiptoe, tiptop, toilet, toited, tomtit, toting, tricot, triton, wittol.

+3 letters: agitato, altoist, antipot, atomist, biotite, bistort, bittock, citator, cottier, distort, dittoed, dotiest, dottier, dottily, dotting, egotist, glottic, glottis, gothite, hotting, hottish, intorts, introit, jotting, ketotic, litotes, litotic, lotting, mattoid, mitotic, omitted, omitter, otolith, outfits, outhits, outpity, outsits, outwait, outwits, outwrit, patriot, pottier, potties, potting, protist, quittor, ricotta, ridotto, risotto, rotting, scottie, sottish, spotlit, station, taction, talipot, thorite, tictocs, timeout, timothy, tiptoed, tiptoes, tiptops, toilets, toiting, tomtits, tonetic, toniest, tonight, tontine, tooting, tootsie, tortile, tortoni, tortrix, totemic, totting, tourist, touting, traitor, tricots, triolet, tritoma, tritone, tritons, tuition, utopist, without, wittols, wotting.

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