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See also: alsó

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ealswā, eallswā (“completely so, additionally, just as, just so, even as, even so, as, as if, so, so as, likewise, also; likewise, in just the same way”), 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 Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). See all, so, as.

Pronunciation

Adverb

also (not comparable)

  1. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]
    They had porridge for breakfast, and also toast.
    • 1905, Bertrand Russell, On Denoting
      The subject of denoting is of very great importance, not only in logic and mathematics, but also in the theory of knowledge.
    • Template:RQ:BLwnds TLdgr
      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; […].
    • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
      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.
  2. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as. [14th-15th c.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xvj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:
      :
      IN suche maner they kepte launcelot four and twenty dayes and also many nyghtes that euer he laye stylle as a dede man / and at the xxv daye byfelle hym after myddaye that he opened his eyen
    • c. 1709, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion
      […] 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 […]

Synonyms

Usage notes

The adverb also can go in various places within a sentence, with minimal change of meaning.

  • The golf courses are excellent. Also, the tennis courts are fantastic.
  • The golf courses are excellent and the tennis courts are fantastic also.
  • Not only are the golf courses excellent but also the tennis courts are fantastic.
  • There are not just excellent golf courses here. There are also fantastic tennis courts.

Translations

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Interjection

also!

  1. so!; all right!; used as a lead-in or to start a new topic.

Adverb

also

  1. so
  2. thus

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German also.

Pronunciation

Adverb

also

  1. so
  2. thus, therefore

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch alsō, from al + sō.

Pronunciation

Adverb

alsô

  1. so, thus
  2. also, to the same degree

Related terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: alzo

Further reading

Old Dutch

Etymology

From al +‎ sō.

Adverb

also

  1. so, thus
  2. so, to that degree
  3. therefore

Descendants

Further reading

  • “alsō (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Conjunction

alsō

  1. as, like
  2. as if
  3. when
  4. because
  5. so that

Descendants

Further reading

  • “alsō (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Saterland Frisian

Adverb

also

  1. so; thus; therefore; accordingly
  2. for that reason; hence

Tagalog

Noun

also

  1. silver-spotted gray snapper (Lutianus argentimaculatus)

Volapük

Adverb

also

  1. so
  2. thus
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