et — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
et is used for these senses in English:
- and Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]
- and (now, colloquial, or, literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
- to (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
- too (focus) Likewise.
and — full definition
- conj Used to join two words, phrases, or ideas that go together.
- conj Used to link two clauses or sentences, often showing a sequence, result, or contrast.
to — full definition
- particle Used before a verb to form the infinitive.
- prep Indicating direction or destination — moving toward or arriving at something.
- prep Indicating a result, limit, or degree reached.
- conj Used to mean "in order to", expressing purpose.