also
adverbconjunctiontop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɔːl.səʊ//
- United States//ˈɔl.soʊ//
- United States//ˈɑl.soʊ//
- United States//ˈɔlt.soʊ//
- //ˈɑlt.soʊ//
In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
adverb
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In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
Everyone had eggs for breakfast, but Alice also had toast.
The subject of denoting is of very great importance, not only in logic and mathematics, but also in the theory of knowledge.
Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].
Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
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obsoleteTo 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 […]
Etymology
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.
conjunction
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and in addition
also · In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
altar · A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious…alter · To change the form or structure of.altercation · An angry or heated dispute.