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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
door to door en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of door-to-door.
Forms
door to door en · ADV
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(metonymically, not-comparable) From one household or business to the next.
He sold magazine subscriptions at inflated prices door to door.
He carried the petition door to door, collecting signatures.
Selling door to door is the best training - and test - for a new salesman.
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(metonymically, not-comparable) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.
The trip takes sixteen hours door to door.
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(metonymically, not-comparable, qualifier:by further extension) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination. ▸ From shipper to recipient.
The express company could only handle shipments door to door on the West Coast, needing others to reach the rest of the country.
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(metonymically, not-comparable, qualifier:by further extension) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination. ▸ From inception to final completion.
It was purely a CIA operation, door to door.
Forms
Translations (29)
nl van deur tot deur (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · fr porte à porte (from one household or business to the next) · nl deur-aan-deur (from one household or business to the next) · nl huis-aan-huis (from one household or business to the next) · es de puerta en puerta (from one household or business to the next) · ru покварти́рно (from one household or business to the next) · cmn 門到門 /门到门 (from one household or business to the next) · it porta a porta (from one household or business to the next) · de von Tür zu Tür (from one household or business to the next) · cmn 門到門 /门到门 (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · la ostiātim (from one household or business to the next) · pt de porta em porta (from one household or business to the next) · ru сквозно́й (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · de von Tür zu Tür (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · fi ovelta ovelle (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · fr porte à porte (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · pt porta a porta (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · fi ovelta ovelle (from one household or business to the next) · ja 各戸 (from one household or business to the next) · nl van deur tot deur (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · fi ovelta ovelle (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · gl de porta a porta (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · pt porta a porta (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · hy դռնեդուռ (from one household or business to the next) · sv från dörr till dörr (from one household or business to the next) · gl de porta en porta (from one household or business to the next) · ru от две́ри к две́ри (from ultimate origin to ultimate destination) · gl de porta a porta (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient) · ru а́дресный (from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient)