how-to en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwō Old English hū Middle English how English how English to English how-to From how + to.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That gives advice or instruction on a particular topic.
The Rules is a veritable compost heap of do's and (mostly) don't's for a woman—oops, girl—who wants to master the fine art of womanipulation. It's a how-to book: how to make a man desperate to marry a girl […]
2010, Ellen Goodman, Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times:
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Translations (8)
it come fare pl or (that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic) · hu ismertető (that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic) · bo ཁྲིད་ཀྱི (that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic) · bo སློབ་ཁྲིད་ཀྱི (that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic) · he מעשי m Literally (that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic) · bo བསླབ་བྱའི (that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic) · hu tanácsadó (that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic) · he “practical” (that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic)