as well

See also: aswell

English

Alternative forms

• aswell (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æzwɛl/, [æˑzˈwɛːɫ]
• IPA^(key): /æzˈwɛl/, [æˑzˈwɛːɫ]
• IPA^(key): /əzˈwɛl/

• Audio (AU):

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Adverb

as well (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) In addition; also.

   Wearing his hat and coat, he looked outside and decided he should take an umbrella, as well.

2. 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.

3. (South Africa) Me too.

Usage notes

• In Canada, it may be used either at the start of a phrase or at the end.

Derived terms

• as well as
• may as well
• might as well

Translations

in addition, also

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أيضًا (ar)
• Bulgarian: също (bg) (sǎšto)
• Catalan: també (ca), ^{(please verify)} així com (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 都 (zh) (dōu), ^{(please verify)} 也 (zh) (yě), ^{(please verify)} 並／并 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 并 (zh) (bìng), ^{(please verify)} 還／还 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 还 (zh) (hái), ^{(please verify)} 以及 (zh) (yǐjí), ^{(please verify)} 亦 (zh) (yì) (rare, formal)

• Czech: rovněž (cs)
• Dalmatian: anca
• Danish: også (da)
• Dutch: ook (nl)
• Egyptian: (mjtt)
• Estonian: samuti (et), ka (et)
• Faroese: eisini
• Finnish: myös (fi), lisäksi (fi), -kin (fi)
• French: aussi (fr), ^{(please verify)} autant que (fr)
• Friulian: ancje
• Georgian: ასევე (ka) (aseve), აგრეთვე (ka) (agretve), -ც (-c)
• German: auch (de), ^{(please verify)} sowie (de)
• Greek: επίσης (el) (epísis), κιόλας (el) (kiólas)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: כמו (he) (Kmo)
• Icelandic: líka (is)
• Indonesian: juga (id)
• Irish: freisin, chomh maith, fosta (ga), leis
• Istriot: anca
• Italian: anche (it)
• Japanese: も (ja) (mo), ^{(please verify)} 及び (ja) (および, oyobi)
• Navajo: dóʼ
• Norman: étout (Jersey, Guernsey), itou (continental Normandy)
• Norwegian: også (no)
• Plautdietsch: uk
• Polish: też (pl), także (pl)
• Portuguese: também (pt)
• Russian: та́кже (ru) (tákže), ^{(please verify)} и ... и ... (ru) (i ... i ...)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuideachd
• Spanish: también (es)
• Swedish: likaså (sv), också (sv)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} เช่นเดียวกัน (chên dieow gan)
• Tocharian B: rano
• Turkish: de (tr), da (tr)
• Ukrainian: тако́ж (uk) (takóž), ще (uk) (šče), теж (tež)
• Venetian: anca (vec)

to the same effect

• Afrikaans: ook (af)
• Bulgarian: също добре (sǎšto dobre)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: lige så godt
• Dutch: net zo goed
• Estonian: samahästi
• Finnish: yhtä hyvin, aivan sama, samalla vaivalla, -han (fi), -hän (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: tout aussi bien, aussi bien (fr)
• Georgian: ასევე (ka) (aseve), აგრეთვე (ka) (agretve)
• German: genauso gut
• Italian: allo stesso modo
• Malagasy: ihany koa
• Polish: równie dobrze
• Russian: хоть ..., хоть ... (ru) (xotʹ ..., xotʹ ...)
• Scottish Gaelic: a cheart cho math
• Ukrainian: так са́мо (uk) (tak sámo), теж (tež)

References

• “as well”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Sewall