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also.

In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈɔːl.səʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔl.soʊ/US/ˈɑl.soʊ/US, cot-caught-merger/ˈɔlt.soʊ/US, nonstandard

  1. In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

    conjunctive · focus · not-comparable
    Everyone had eggs for breakfast, but Alice also had toast. Also, she finished hers in under half an hour.
    Also common are languages, like Latin, with a three-way distinction (proximal, medial and distal).

  2. To the same degree or extent; so, as.

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Proto-Indo-European *swéder.? Proto-Germanic *swa Proto-West Germanic *swā Proto-West Germanic *allswā Old English eallswā Middle English also English also From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.

conj/ˈɔːl.səʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔl.soʊ/US/ˈɑl.soʊ/US, cot-caught-merger/ˈɔlt.soʊ/US, nonstandard

  1. and in addition

    focus
    It's a pretty dog, also loyal.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Proto-Indo-European *swéder.? Proto-Germanic *swa Proto-West Germanic *swā Proto-West Germanic *allswā Old English eallswā Middle English also English also From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.

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