also

Meaning

Synonyms

too
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as well
and
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in addition
likewise
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again
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moreover
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even
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besides
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still
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additionally
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yet
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furthermore
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then
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either
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with
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plus
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another
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more
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as well as
else
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alike
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equally
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neither
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over again
especially
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in spite of

as I thought

ditto
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on top of that
similarly
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what’s more

of course
nor
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notably
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in addition to
identically
further
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but
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amongst other things

both
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like
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already
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absolutely
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indeed
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item
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same
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enmity
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along with
desert
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Translations

aussi
anche
auch
también
ook
également
também
també
eveneens
ebenfalls
gleichfalls

επίσης

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɔːl.səʊ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
also
Inherited from Old English
eallswā
Cognate with Scots
alsa
Cognate with Saterland Frisian
also
Cognate with Western Frisian
alsa
Cognate with Old Saxon
alsō
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
alzo
Cognate with German
German
also
Cognate with Danish
altså
Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål
altså
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk
altso
Cognate with Swedish
alltså
In summary

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.

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