also

Meaning

1. In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
2. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as.

Hyphenated as

al‧so

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔːl.səʊ/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

It also has a airport which is used by a flying academy .

The village is also west of Manchester Airport .

Several experimental models were also developed .

" Arsenic And Aunt May " was also released in the " Heroes " box set .

An earlier system also called " Vixen " was never released .

And also by unhappiness , envy , and jealousy .

I'm also going back to Paris today .

It is also used in solid state and nanostructures calculations .