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also

Syllables: al·soUK/ˈɔːl.səʊ//ˈɔl.soʊ/

also adverb: in addition; besides; as well; further; too.

Adverb

also (not comparable)

  1. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
    • 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. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as.
    • […] thereupon the queen's majesty […] did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]c. 1709, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion

Conjunction

also

  1. (focus) and in addition
    • It's a pretty dog, also loyal.

also meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Nepali and Tagalog

also in Hindi

in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
भी bhī

also in Urdu

in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
بھی bhī

also in Nepali

in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
पनि pani

also in Tagalog

in addition; too; besides; as well; further;
din, rin
More languagesFewer languages
also in Arabic
أَيْضًا ʔayḍan, كَذٰلِكَ ka-ḏālika, بِالمِثْل bi-l-miṯl
also in Malay
juga
also in Indonesian
juga, pula
also in Persian
نیز niz, هم ham, همچنین hamčenin
also in Thai
ด้วย dûai, ก็ gɔ̂
also in Vietnamese
cũng
also in Myanmar
လည်း lany:

Examples of also in a sentence

  • When you withdraw yor forces, we shall also withdraw ours.
  • The subject of denoting is of very great importance, not only in logic and mathematics, but also in the theory of knowledge.1905, Bertrand Russell, On Denoting:
  • A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The...

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Synonyms of also

Origin of 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.

Words formed from also

Phrases with also

Questions about also

What does also mean?
Also means in addition; besides; as well; further; too.
What is also in Hindi?
Also in Hindi is भी (bhī). See Also meaning in Hindi.
How do you use also in a sentence?
When you withdraw yor forces, we shall also withdraw ours.
What part of speech is also?
Also can be an adverb or a conjunction.
How do you pronounce also?
Also is pronounced /ˈɔːl.səʊ/ (UK).

Words near also in the dictionary

  1. alsike
  2. alsikes
  3. alsinaceous
  4. Alsip
  5. ALSMY
  6. also
  7. also known as
  8. also-ran
  9. also-rans
  10. Alsobrook
  11. Alsobrooks

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