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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /æzwɛl/, [æˑzˈwɛːɫ]
- IPA(key): /æzˈwɛl/, [æˑzˈwɛːɫ]
- IPA(key): /əzˈwɛl/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛl
Adverb[edit]
as well (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) In addition; also.
- Wearing his hat and coat, he looked outside and decided he should take an umbrella, as well.
- To the same effect.
- They might as well walk as drive in this traffic.
- 1898, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Women and Economics:
- There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of the female liver.
- (South Africa) Me too.
- (UK, colloquial) An intensifier.
- Would you though? / I would as well.
Usage notes[edit]
- In Canada, it may be used either at the start of a phrase or at the end.
- The South African use is stressed on “as”.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (also or equally): no less
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
in addition, also
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to the same effect
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References[edit]
- “as well”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams[edit]
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