Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Also

Al′so

,
adv.
& c
onj.
[
All
+
so
. OE.
al so
, AS.
ealswā
,
alsw[GREEK]
,
ælswæ
;
eal
,
al
,
æl
, all +
swā
so. See
All
,
So
,
As
.]
1.
In like manner; likewise.
[Obs.]
2.
In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be
also
.
Matt. vi. 20.
3.
Even as; as; so.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Syn. –
Also
,
Likewise
,
Too
.
These words are used by way of transition, in leaving one thought and passing to another. Also is the widest term. It denotes that what follows is all so, or entirely like that which preceded, or may be affirmed with the same truth; as, “If you were there, I was there also;” “If our situation has some discomforts, it has also many sources of enjoyment.” Too is simply less formal and pointed than also; it marks the transition with a lighter touch; as, “I was there too;” “a courtier yet a patriot too.”
Pope.
Likewise denotes literally “in like manner,” and hence has been thought by some to be more specific than also. “It implies,” says Whately, “some connection or agreement between the words it unites. We may say, ‘ He is a poet, and likewise a musician; ’ but we should not say, ‘ He is a prince, and likewise a musician,' because there is no natural connection between these qualities.” This distinction, however, is often disregarded.

Webster 1828 Edition

Also

AL'SO

,
adv.
[all and so.] Likewise; in like manner.
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Mat 16.

Definition 2024

also

also

See also: alsó

English

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.‎
    • 1915, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger, chapter I:
      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, chapter 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
    • John Strype
      […] 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

Translations

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: just · while · again · #145: also · away · against · though

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalzoː/

Interjection

also!

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

Adverb

also

  1. so
  2. thus

Luxembourgish

Adverb

also

  1. so
  2. thus, therefore

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch alsō, from al + sō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌalˈzoː/

Adverb

also

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

Related terms

Descendants

Old Dutch

Etymology

From al +‎ sō.

Preposition

alsō

  1. as, like

Descendants

Saterland Frisian

Adverb

also

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

Volapük

Adverb

also

  1. so
  2. thus

Etymology

From Middle English also, alswo, alswa, (also alse, als, as > English as), from 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”), Swedish alltså ‎(“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Compare also Swedish också ‎(“also, too, as well”) and Albanian aq sa ‎(“as much as”), compound of aq ‎(“as much”) and sa ‎(“how much, so, as”). See all, so, as.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːl.səʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔl.soʊ/
  • Hyphenation: al‧so

Similar Results