The difference between Closed and To


Closed is also adjective with the meaning: sealed, made inaccessible or impassable.

To is also preposition with the meaning: in the direction of, and arriving at.

To is also adverb with the meaning: toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

check bellow for the other definitions of Closed and To

  1. Closed as an adjective:

    Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open.

  2. Closed as an adjective (of a store or business):

    Not operating or conducting trade.

  3. Closed as an adjective:

    Not public.

    Examples:

    "[[closed source]]"

    "a closed committee"

  4. Closed as an adjective (topology, of a [[set]]):

    Having an open complement.

  5. Closed as an adjective (mathematics, of a [[set]]):

    Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.

    Examples:

    "The set of integers is closed under addition: <math>\forall x,y\in\mathbb{Z}\,x+y\in\mathbb{Z}</math>."

  6. Closed as an adjective (mathematics, logic, of a [[formula]]):

    Lacking a free variable.

  7. Closed as an adjective (graph theory, of a [[walk]]):

    Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.

  1. Closed as a verb:

  1. To as a preposition:

    In the direction of, and arriving at.

    Examples:

    "We are walking to the shop."

  2. To as a preposition:

    Examples:

    "He devoted himself to education."

    "They drank to his health."

  3. To as a preposition:

    Examples:

    "His face was beaten to a pulp."

  4. To as a preposition:

    Examples:

    "similar to ...'', ''relevant to ...'', ''pertinent to ...'', ''I was nice to him'', ''he was cruel to her'', ''I am used to walking."

  5. To as a preposition (obsolete):

    As a.

    Examples:

    "With God to friend'' (with God as a friend); ''with The Devil to fiend'' (with the Devil as a foe); ''lambs slaughtered to lake'' (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); ''took her to wife'' (took her as a wife); ''was sold to slave'' (was sold as a slave)."

  6. To as a preposition (arithmetic):

    Examples:

    "one to one'' = 1:1"

    "ten to one'' = 10:1."

    "I have ten dollars to your four."

  7. To as a preposition (arithmetic):

    .

    Examples:

    "Three squared or three to the second power is nine."

    "Three to the power of two is nine."

    "Three to the second is nine."

  8. To as a preposition:

    Examples:

    "I gave the book to him."

  9. To as a preposition (time):

    Preceding.

    Examples:

    "ten to ten'' = 9:50; ''We're going to leave at ten to (the hour)."

  10. To as a preposition:

    Examples:

    "Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it."

    "There's a lot of sense to what he says."

  11. To as a preposition (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands):

    At.

    Examples:

    "Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y."

  1. To as an adverb:

    Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

    Examples:

    "Please push the door to."

  2. To as an adverb (nautical):

    Into the wind.

  3. To as an adverb:

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